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The Commonwealth Department of Public Prosecutions has told the Federal Court it will "very significantly" reduce the number of criminal charges laid against mobility equipment supplier Country Care Group as the landmark cartel case heads to trial in October.
The Australian chapter of biker group the Hells Angels has mostly come up short in its wide-ranging intellectual property lawsuit against online marketplace Redbubble. But the judge that heard the case may have opened the door for more IP lawsuits against the print-on-demand site by shooting down its claims that its not a seller but merely a platform for artists and consumers to engage.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission made global trading firm Select Vantage "vanish overnight" from the Australian market using slanderous statements based on a lack of evidence, the NSW Supreme Court has heard.
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu is facing claims by the lead applicants in two class actions against failed retail giant Dick Smith alleging its poor accounting practices contributed to the retailer's collapse.
A proposed 90-day standstill that gives law firms time to file competing class actions without rushing to court has garnered support from multiple Federal Court judges, and could be adopted as part of new protocols being considered, one judge said Friday.
Viva Energy has been convicted and fined $100,000 for polluting Sydney Harbour after a marine fuel oil spill from a corroded pipe at the company's Gore Bay terminal on New Year's Eve three years ago.
A Sydney community group has lost a last-minute challenge to the demolition of Allianz Stadium, with the Court of Appeal throwing the case out in a unanimous decision.
The founder of JustKapital is considering adding Corrs Chambers Westgarth to a lawsuit he brought seeking nearly $1 million allegedly owed as part of a deal he made to step down as managing director from the litigation funder.
A top executive at railway technology company Wavetrain has been referred to the Commonwealth Attorney General for possible criminal proceedings after its solicitors at Mills Oakley worked with opposing counsel to uncover false evidence he provided in a consumer case centered on the company's railway patents.
ANZ has reached a settlement in long-running class action proceedings alleging it hit customers with illegal fees, but the $1.5 million payout falls far short of the many millions IMF Bentham spent in funding the matter.