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Garuda appeals $19M penalty for air cargo price-fixing
Indonesian national airline Garuda is appealing a $19 million price-fixing fine, the second largest penalty in the ACCC's decade-long global cartel case over air cargo price-fixing.
IP boutique looks to sue former partners that jumped ship
Two lawyers that recently left the intellectual property boutique where they worked for a combined 40 years to set up their own firm are now facing a courtroom battle with their former employer.
AMP hit with second class action over ‘excessive’ superannuation fees
AMP is a facing a second class action for allegedly charging excessive fees on more than two million superannuation accounts, setting up another potential class action beauty pageant.
ASIC drags ex-Murray Goulburn execs to court
The former directors of Murray Goulburn, who admitted in proceedings brought by the ACCC to aiding in false representations the dairy co-op made to farmers about the farmgate milk prices it would pay during the 2015-16 season, are now facing a separate lawsuit by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
Fintech Zip faces trade mark suit by Firstmac
Mortgage provider and Brisbane Broncos sponsor Firstmac has hit fintech giant Zip Co with a lawsuit for allegedly infringing its "Zip" trade mark.
Judge pauses ASIC case against ANZ over $2.5B share placement
ANZ Bank has secured a stay of the corporate cop's civil penalties proceeding over disclosures related to its $2.5 billion equity capital raising while it fights criminal cartel charges related to the controversial share placement.
Judge crushes Monster Energy’s opposition to monster wheel trade marks
A judge has allowed a company associated with leading tyre retailer Bob Jane T-Mart to register three trade marks for its brand of Monster alloy wheels, dismissing claims from US energy drink giant Monster Energy that allowing the registration would lead to confusion.
Funder can’t keep $2.2M of JustKapital’s Provident settlement cut in court
JustKapital has defeated a bid by funder Litman Holdings to keep $2.2 million remaining from its cut of a $44.25 million settlement in two class actions against the trustees of failed debenture issuer Provident Capital locked down in court until the resolution of a separate dispute between the two funders.
Gilbert + Tobin nabs in-house bigwig for competition group
Gilbert + Tobin has lured the former global head of antitrust at Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis to its competition group.
ACCC tells court there’s a ‘real chance’ TPG will resume 5G rollout
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has told the court there's "at least a real chance" TPG will resume plans to roll out a 5G mobile network after its earlier plans were thwarted by the government's ban on the use Huawei technology, as the regulator defends its decision to block the proposed $15 billion tie-up between TPG and Vodafone.