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A judge has raised concerns about the utility of referring a satellite dispute over whistleblower protections to the Full Court in a $13 million lawsuit brought by an ex-Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills partner.
Legal spat over Russian embassy lease fast-tracked amid concerns about ambassador’s expulsion
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Russia’s recent challenge to the Commonwealth’s allegedly unreasonable decision to terminate its lease to build a new embassy in Canberra could be heard in early 2023, amid concerns key witnesses could soon be kicked out of the country altogether.
Optus to get power to share customer data with banks under regulatory reform
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Rules governing telecommunications companies will be amended in the wake of the Optus data breach that exposed the personal information of nearly 10 million customers.
Jim’s Group cops $24,420 fine for Franchise Code breaches
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Jim’s Group has paid a $24,420 fine after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission accused the company of breaching the Franchise Code and misleading a franchisee.
Jones Day snags intellectual property ace from Clayton Utz
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US-based multinational firm Jones Day has lured a partner from Clayton Utz to join its intellectual property team in Melbourne.
ASIC takes Harvey Norman to court over ‘no deposit, interest free’ ads
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has brought action against Harvey Norman over allegedly misleading ads about its interest-free finance.
Aldi could owe $10M for failing to compensate workers for ‘pre-work’
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The Shop, Distributive & Allied Employees’ Association has struck a blow for Aldi warehouse workers, with a judge ordering the supermarket giant to backpay its workers for unpaid pre-work duties undertaken since 2018.
Microsoft comes up short in IP retrial after ‘regrettable’ $2.8M judgment
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A judge has dismissed the majority of Microsoft’s six-year-old intellectual property suit against a Melbourne computer retailer over its Windows 7 software, which previously netted the Silicon Valley giant a $2.8 million payout from Judge Sandy Street that was slammed as a “regrettable” judicial failure.
Facebook page admin hit with $205,000 judgment for defamatory comments
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A judge has ordered a Victoria local councillor to pay a developer $205,000 in damages after finding he was responsible for comments on a community Facebook page he ran that alleged the developer was corrupt.
Judge throws out ASIC evidence on tweets in ASX Wolf Trader’s case
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The self-declared “wolf trader” of the Gold Coast, Tyson Scholz, has won his bid to exclude ASIC’s evidence about the meaning of his tweets in its case accusing him of providing unlicensed financial services.