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Clock’s ticking as Unlockd gets deadline for filing case against Google

Failed digital ad company Unlockd has until the end of the month to set out its competition case against Google or the suit will be thrown out.

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Judge tosses appeal over alleged $75M Onslow Salt, Chevron ‘conspiracy’ deal

The Western Australian government has lost its bid to appeal a Federal Court judge’s rejection of its application to throw out a native title case alleging Onslow Salt made a $75 million with Chevron that amounted to an unlawful means conspiracy.

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Aurizon wins bid for Qube docs in ACCC case

Aurizon has won a request to view documents from Qube Holdings in the ACCC’s case alleging it reached an anti-competitive agreement with Pacific National for the sale of its intermodal freight business, as it pushes back against the competition regulator’s claim that there were other buyers vying for the business.

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Roberts-Smith seeks suppression of ‘scandalous’ Fairfax defence in defamation case

Decorated war hero Ben Roberts-Smith wants to suppress Fairfax’s defence in a highly contentious defamation case, saying the media company wanted the “scandalous and vexatious” document public so it could report on it.

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Mineral Resources entitled to critics’ names in consumer case over negative tweets, judge says

A director of a corporate advisory firm has been ordered to name names in his defence of a lawsuit brought by Mineral Resources over tweets suggesting the lithium mining company’s ore has a bad reputation in China.

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Ex-CBA banker to stand trial for role in $170M home loan fraud scheme

A former mobile lender with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia will stand trial for his alleged role in a massive $170 million home loan fraud scheme that targeted Australia’s largest banks.

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ASIC binary trading defendants hit with $60K in contempt penalties

A Federal Court judge has ordered three individuals targeted in an ASIC lawsuit over binary option trading to pay $60,000 in contempt of court penalties for breaching court-imposed freezing orders.

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Aristocrat wins discovery to probe theft of slot machine idea

Aristocrat Technologies has hit the jackpot in its bid for discovery to determine whether it has claims against rival Ainsworth for stealing its confidential information and using it to design a competing slot machine.

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Westpac appeals funding order in life insurance class action

Westpac is challenging a judge’s order that gives the funder backing a class action over life insurance premiums a 25 percent cut of any recovery.

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EnergyAustralia execs can view docs in $1B sale dispute with QIC

A judge has granted a unit of Queensland Investment Corporation’s request for a confidentiality regime for certain documents discovered in an ongoing legal spat with EnergyAustralia over the $1.78 billion sale of a gas facility in Victoria, but said three EnergyAustralia can view the documents.

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