Labour hire firm CoreStaff will pay $6.4 million to settle a class action accusing it of using the promise of long-term work to lure workers to Australia from Papua New Guinea, only to terminate their employment agreements less than three years after they made the move.
A Sydney barrister has launched a defamation lawsuit against the Nine Network over its coverage of a battle for custody of famed social media hound Oscar the cavoodle.
Legal bills sent to investment firm Keybridge Capital for work related to litigation from 2019 are governed by legislation that doesn’t require cost disclosures to sophisticated clients and can’t be reviewed, a court has heard.
Grain producer Viterra, which has been ordered to pay $293 million to Cargill Australia for making misleading representations during the sale of malt producer Joe White, rejected an offer to settle the lawsuit for $85 million, a court has heard.
Administrators for building giant ProBuild have won more time to examine its assets as they try to avoid the “nightmarish prospect” of costly delays to the company’s projects.
The WA Supreme Court has thrown out challenges to Woodside Energy’s proposals to expand its Scarborough LNG project, finding there were no errors in the state EPA’s approval.
Cosmetics company MCoBeauty has reached a settlement with the maker of the popular 1000Hour Lash & Brow Dye kit in a case alleging “deliberate and flagrant” trade mark and copyright infringement.
A barrister who worked on a class action against two security firms over failures in Victoria’s hotel quarantine program has been appointed to the County Court of Victoria, alongside three of his peers.
The financial crimes watchdog has brought enforcement action against Crown Mebourne and Crown Perth for what it describe as widespread and serious non-compliance of anti-money laundering and counter terrorism laws.
The ACCC got what it wanted when IVF providers Virtus Health and Healius terminated a proposed $45 million merger, but it wasn’t a win, a judge has said in mostly denying the regulator’s bid to recover the costs of its court challenge to the deal.
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