Troubled sandalwood oil producer Quintis has been hit with a third class action over the company’s lost contract with Nestle unit Galderma, and this time its auditor, Ernst & Young, has been named as a co-defendant.
A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit between Woolworths and US home improvement giant Lowe’s over a failed joint venture for a chain of hardware stores in Australia.
AMP’s group company secretary David Cullen has been appointed top in-house lawyer, replacing Brian Salter, who was sacked for his role in the fees-for-no-service scandal.
Debt management firm Fox Symes will pay $37,800 in penalties for misleading advertising, including its promise that customers could secure lending approval in 15 seconds.
Bega Cheese has brought new allegations against Kraft in their dispute over who owns the rights to the signature Kraft peanut butter packaging in Australia.
Cash Converters has agreed to pay $650,000 in a settlement with ASIC after the regulator found the retail pawnbroker routinely breached guidelines governing debt collection.
Westpac Banking Corp. engaged in unconscionable conduct when it traded in bank bills in an attempt to influence the benchmark Bank Bill Swap Rate on four occasions, a Federal Court judge ruled Thursday.
Gaming giant Aristocrat has commenced legal action against rival Ainsworth, claiming a “controversial” game designer used confidential information to develop a competing slot machine.
A solicitor caught up in a lawsuit over alleged share trading losses has lost his bid to have misleading and deceptive conduct claims brought against him dropped.
Three weeks after a court heard Bannister Law could be forced off a massive class action against Ford, Corrs Chambers Westgarth has joined the case to jointly act for the lead applicants.