Litigation funder Embedded Claims has filed court proceedings against one of its shareholders after its former bankrupt director “ineffectively” transferred off half of his shares.
Twitter personality Alan Davison, who runs the account Stock Swami, has admitted he misled lawyers for mining investor Tolga Kumova and deliberately failed to obey court orders for discovery in cross-examination during a defamation trial.
In its first decision applying a landmark High Court judgment redefining the test for when a worker is employed, the Federal Court has found a sessional lecturer for a higher education institution was an employee.
Korean drug company Samsung Bioepis has filed a second lawsuit seeking to invalidate German drug company Fresenius Kadi’s patent for a biosimilar of blockbuster arthritis drug Humira.
The man behind the Stock Swami Twitter account is flying to Sydney for cross-examination after a judge halted a trial in mining investor Tolga Kumova’s defamation case, saying he had “no confidence whatsoever” the Twitter user complied with discovery obligations.
A judge has halted a defamation trial in a case brought by mining investor Tolga Kumova after saying he had “no confidence whatsoever” that the owner of Twitter account Stock Swami complied with discovery obligations.
The New Zealand law commission has called on the government to implement a class action regime that would allow funders to seek the equivalent of a common fund order to “improve access to justice and efficiency in litigation”.
The former boss of embattled tech company Nuix is asking for “special treatment” by arguing he is owed $183 million in options under a 2008 agreement, a judge has heard on the first day of trial in the ex-CEO’s case.
Former Young Rich Lister Tolga Kumova sold $24 million worth of shares in mining company after publishing positive social media posts about its prospects, a court has heard in a defamation trial over allegations he engaged in insider trading and pumping and dumping.
An Australian non-practicing entity alleging Apple’s Touch ID and Face ID technology infringes its patents has accused the Silicon Valley company of refusing to comply with court orders to hand over documents.