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Ernst & Young has bolstered its disputes resolution and forensic accounting practice, acquiring Sydney-based firm Axiom Forensics.
Google fends off appeal in doctor’s defamation case over hyperlinks
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Google has fought off a legal challenge to a decision rejecting a South Australian doctor’s bid to access search data and internal company documents in her second defamation claim against the tech giant over alleged defamatory material in search results.
Ex-DomaCom boss says Nine’s reporting of AustAgri deal cost him his job
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Founder and former CEO of listed investment firm DomaCom is suing Nine over an episode of A Current Affair that allegedly suggested he was involved in a sham acquisition of agriculture company Austagri to boost his company’s share price.
Van Dairy sues Fonterra for unconscionable conduct over milk price dive
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Australia’s largest milk producer Van Dairy has hit Fonterra Australia with lawsuits alleging the processor misled farmers and engaged in unconscionable conduct when it slashed milk prices in 2016.
Sparke Helmore should face higher damages bill for negligence, developer says
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A NSW developer says law firm Sparke Helmore should face a heftier damages bill for its negligence in failing to alert it to an imminent deadline in two land sale contracts worth a combined $1.5 million that were part of a troubled $30 million development.
AGL dodges green shareholder’s challenge to demerger scheme booklet
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AGL Energy has defeated a green investor’s challenge to its demerger scheme booklet ahead of a vote on the controversial proposal, but has been ordered to rectify a video to disclose the climate-related risks of the plan.
Seeing red: Priceline can’t trade mark signature pink
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Discount pharmacy Priceline cannot trade mark the signature bright pink that adorns it shopfront signs and awnings, an IP Australia delegate has found.
Apple faces battle to protect Touch ID source code in patent stoush
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Apple is “unlikely” to avoid production of the source code for its Touch ID and Face ID technology to an Australian non-practicing entity that has sued the Silicon Valley company for patent infringement, a judge has said.
ABC’s ‘fool’ claims shot down in defamation suit over ‘Putin’s Patriots’
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A judge has struck out part of the ABC’s defence in a lawsuit by the head of Russian motorcycle club Night Wolves over an allegedly defamatory Four Corners report.
Federal Circuit judge resigns after investigation of misconduct
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A recent appointee to the Federal Circuit Court has resigned after an investigation in response to claims of misconduct made by a third party.