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Steel maker Bluescope’s claim that it didn’t engage in cartel conduct because it only encouraged distributors to set a price for its products would “eviscerate” cartel laws, the ACCC has told a court.
Court bars chats with group members in junior doctors class actions
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Four Victorian hospital operators have been ordered not to talk with or propose settlements with junior doctors that are targeted in three class actions accusing them of failing to pay junior doctors for overtime hours worked.
Daily Mail editor wrote ‘let’s rip into this sheila’ before publishing Erin Molan article, court hears
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A Daily Mail editor sent an email to a journalist that said ‘Let’s rip into this sheila’ before publishing an article about sports presenter Erin Molan that’s at the centre of a defamation trial which kicked off Monday.
Commissioner of Patents challenges landmark ruling on artificial intelligence
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The Commissioner of Patents has appealed a landmark judgment that found artificial intelligence can be named an inventor on a patent application.
Bill for AMA Group’s case against former CEO tops $730,000
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Car repair giant AMA Group has so far spent $737,000 in professional fees investigating whistleblower claims and taking former boss Andrew Hopkins to court for allegedly defrauding the company.
Liberal MP Andrew Laming sues Nine over ‘accusatory and spiteful’ coverage of upskirt photo
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Queensland Liberal MP Andrew Laming has sued Nine Network for defamation over a Nine News segment which alleged that he took a photograph of a female employee bending over at a Brisbane landscaping yard.
YouTuber Jordan Shanks tries to revive truth defence in Barilaro defamation case
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YouTube star Jordan Shanks has appealed a judgment that gutted his truth defence to defamation claims by NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro, finding parliamentary privilege protected the politician in the face of a truth defence to some allegations.
Firms get creative to help locked-down lawyers stay connected
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With the Delta variant of the coronavirus thrusting Australia’s largest cities back into a protracted lockdown, lawyers forced to return to remote work for the forseeable future are lamenting the renewed loss of colleague and client connections.
Norton Rose Fulbright denies ‘evil intent’ as it fights to overturn ex-partner’s win
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Law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has rejected findings of dishonesty, deceit and abuse of process in seeking to overturn a $160,000 judgment against it, saying it had no “evil intent” in litigating a long-running dispute with former partner Thomas Martin.
Appeals court to decide if Murray Darling Basin Authority can limit class action liability
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The Murray-Darling Basin Authority will soon make its case directly to an appeals court that it can rely on defences limiting its liability to farmers in a class action alleging negligent oversight of the river system, a question that could have implications for other climate change cases against government agencies.