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Retail tech and dating start-up Instagoods has appealed a successful challenge of its Instadate trade mark registration by social media giant Instagram.
ASIC case over US Navy program ignores disclosure rule exceptions, Austal CEO tells court
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The former boss of defence shipbuilder Austal, who is facing penalty proceedings by ASIC, has told a court the regulator’s case was based on information that fit within a carveout to the ASX listing rules on continuous dislosure to the market.
Judge keeps climate change class action alive, as duty to children enshrined in law
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The federal Minister for the Environment has lost a bid to declass a class action brought over climate change risks from an expansion of the Whitehaven coal mine, with a judge making a declaration that the government owes a duty to all Australian children to protect them from global warming.
Federal Circuit Court judge engaged in inappropriate conduct towards two women, inquiry finds
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A Federal Circuit Court judge has resigned after an inquiry found he engaged in inappropriate conduct of a “sexualised” nature towards two young women.
Tandem enters administration, scuttling $400M sham contracting class action
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A $400 million class action brought by Shine Lawyers against a major Telstra and Foxtel contractor will be stayed after the company was placed into administration three months out from trial.
Levitt Robinson’s Jem Punthakey on tackling the 7-Eleven class action hydra
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Levitt Robinson senior associate Jem Punthakey had a unique opportunity to flex his creative muscles while working on two recently settled class actions against 7-Eleven, which spawned novel interlocutory skirmishes and a special leave application to the High Court.
Telstra to refund customers $25M over NBN speed claims
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Telecommunications giant Telstra will provide $25 million in refunds to almost 50,000 customers after failing to inform them the speeds they were promised could not be obtained on the NBN.
CDPP sent back to the drawing board to address ‘defects’ in ANZ cartel case
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A judge has ordered the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions to file a replacement indictment to address defects in the document at the centre of its criminal cartel case over a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement in August 2015.
Binary options broker faces class action investigation
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A Sydney-based broker is facing a class action investigation on behalf of customers who bought binary options over a six-year period, after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission banned the risky derivatives earlier this year after finding they were likely to cause “significant detriment”.
Forum Finance boss headed back to Australia to face $263M fraud claims, court hears
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The director of Forum Finance, which has been accused by Westpac and Societe Generale of a $263 million fraud, is in Europe and will return to Australia over the weekend, although he has refused to tell his lawyer his exact location, a court has heard.