Automotive firm AMA Group will seek to discharge an injunction preventing it from dismissing a CEO who has been accused of defrauding the company of “hundreds of thousands of dollars” and damaging its reputation with major partners.
A judge has hit a Port Melbourne container terminal with costs for wasting time in a $80 million lawsuit against the CFMEU over picketing at the world’s first fully automated container terminal, finding the company’s explanations for the delay, including that COVID-19 had slowed it down, were “inconsistent” and “odd”.
Google is looming large over the advertising technology world, the ACCC says in a new report highlighting growing concerns the global tech giant’s “unrivalled” ability to preference its own technology could affect competition.
A lawsuit seeking to increase D&O insurance for sandalwood producer Quintis in the wake of a class action settlement has fallen short of the $40 million in additional coverage sought, but a Federal Court decision may see a further $11.25 million go to group members.
Multinational pharmaceutical company Dr Reddy’s has launched a lawsuit against a Melbourne biotechnology company’s directors as well as venture capital firm OneVentures, alleging they sold it dodgy lice treatment which was forecasted to make over US$100 million.
A Melbourne law firm and barrister will soon face trial over allegations of breach of fiduciary duty brought by a former client who lost a lawsuit over a $24.5 million property joint venture.
The wealthy owners of a Melbourne shoe manufacturer are taking a unit of property developer JD Group to trial this week, alleging “artist impressions” of a nearly $10 million off-the-plan high rise inner city apartment were misleading and deceptive.
Lawyerly’s Litigation Firms of 2020 delivered significant victories for clients last year in bet-the-company matters, thriving in a tumultuous year that saw courts and litigants adapt to virtual trials and other new norms that are sure to outlast the COVID-19 pandemic.
While a Federal Court judge recently promised to advance a long-running criminal cartel case against several investment banks and individuals over a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement, a separate judge will soon hear a privilege dispute over documents from whistleblower JPMorgan that promises to further delay the case.
A former high ranking executive from National Australia Bank has been sentenced to eight years in prison for receiving bribes in the form of inflated invoices to the tune of around $5.5 million.
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