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Crown Resorts is the target of an investigation by AUSTRAC’s enforcement team in connection with its dealings with high-risk customers at its Melbourne casino.
Flexigroup tries again to overcome Zip opposition to ‘no interest’ trade mark
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Fintech Flexigroup has appealed rival Zip Co’s successful opposition to its ‘No Interest Ever!’ trade mark, which an IP Australia delegate found was a laudatory phrase incapable of distinguishing the goods of a single trader.
CFMEU wins Full Court challenge to ‘serial offender’ penalty
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A history of serial offending by the CFMEU could be factored into a court’s finding on the gravity of later breaches of the Fair Work Act, but not to the extent that the union pays a disproportionate penalty, the Full Federal Court has found in a significant ruling that settles conflicting case law.
Victoria keeps options open in High Court lockdown challenge
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The Victorian government has not decided how it will respond to a constitutional challenge brought in the High Court against the state’s COVID-19 lockdown measures, and has been given just four more days to make its move.
Judge backs ASIC plan to ban OTC binary options as issuers hit with $75M penalty
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Over-the-counter derivative issuers AGM Markets, OT Markets and Oxifin Tech have been ordered to pay a total of $75 million in penalties after a ruling that they engaged in unconscionable conduct causing losses of over $30 million to unsophisticated investors seeking what a judge called “financial heroin hits”.
Chubb wouldn’t want survival of Opal Tower concrete specialist on conscience, judge says
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The chief judge of the Federal Court has told Chubb Insurance to consider whether it wants to be held responsible for the commercial viability of Evolution Precast Systems, which has been denied coverage over the ill-fated Opal Tower and faces myriad legal claims.
Daily Mail ‘set up’ sports journalist Erin Molan and sparked public firestorm, court hears
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The Daily Mail’s concerted campaign against Erin Molan was a set-up that damaged her reputation and sparked a public “firestorm” against the Nine sports reporter, the Federal Court has heard.
Litigation funder a ‘stranger’ in S&P class action, not entitled to docs, judge says
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The litigation funder embroiled in a contractual dispute with a lead applicant in a class action against S&P Global is a stranger to the proceeding and has no right to demand to be served an application to pause the case pending the outcome of the contract spat, a judge has said.
Judge consolidates class actions against Treasury Wine, appoints referee to police costs
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A judge has agreed to consolidate two shareholder class actions against Treasury Wine Estates over an earnings downgrade in January and will let two law firms jointly run the case, over the winemaker’s objections.
AFP won’t bring charges against ABC journalist for Afghan Files leak
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ABC journalist Dan Oakes will not face charges for using leaked classified information in his reporting on alleged war crimes in Afghanistan by Australian special forces.