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Energy Australia keeps up fight in casual worker pay case
Appeals 2018-02-21 6:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Energy Australia is not backing down in an industrial dispute over overtime pay for casual workers at its Yallourn Power Station, seeking leave to appeal a judge’s dismissal of its case and his ruling that it foot the unions’ entire legal bill.

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Fitbit trademark suit should move to SA, billionaire says
Allens 2018-02-20 7:34 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A Fitbit suit challenging two trademarks owned by South Australian convenience store king Yasser Shahin should be moved to South Australia, Shahin has told a court.

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ACCC to pursue big biz with bigger fines
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-02-20 3:26 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The ACCC has set out its priorities for 2018, and bigger penalties for big business flouting competition laws is top of the agenda, the commission’s chief said Tuesday.

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S&P settles Lifeplan class action over CDOs ratings
Class Actions 2018-02-20 12:39 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

S&P Global Ratings has reached a settlement in an Australian class action by investors who bought toxic products rated healthy by the U.S. credit reporting agency ahead of the global financial crisis, a deal that includes over $4.6 million in legal fees.

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Judge keeps lawyers in Cargill-Viterra suit on short leash
Agriculture 2018-02-19 9:04 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A judge in the Supreme Court of Victoria hearing a case brought by Cargill Australia alleging fraudulent concealment in the $420 million sale of malt producer Joe White Maltings by Viterra Malt Pty Ltd won’t loosen the reins on lawyers who have spent “millions of dollars” on discovery.

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Start-up off hook for broken promises, rules NSW Appeals Court
Appeals 2018-02-19 8:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A tech start-up that failed to deliver on a promise that investors would triple their money and was found liable for the entire investment has won a major reversal of the ruling on appeal.

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GSK admits old Voltaren label was misleading
Bird & Bird 2018-02-19 8:43 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Drug giants GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis have conceded part of the ACCC’s case that packaging on their Voltaren Osteo Gel breached the Australian Consumer Law, but said the label was changed almost a year ago.

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Judge gave short shrift to ACCC in Medibank case, court hears
Catherine Button 2018-02-19 2:01 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The judge who sided with Medibank in the ACCC’s failed case last year paid little attention to one of the consumer regulator’s central arguments against the private health insurer, a court heard Monday.

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Ex-Toll worker in contempt over YouTube video
Employment 2018-02-16 8:41 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A former employee of Toll Transport has violated a court order that he remove a racially charged video he filmed of Senator Sam Dastyari while wearing a company-branded uniform.

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Myer wins costs in Chadstone lease spat
Clayton Utz 2018-02-16 8:11 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Myer and its law firm Clayton Utz have won a ruling from the Supreme Court of Victoria ordering the department store’s landlords at Chadstone Shopping Centre to pay its full legal bill after it won a multi-million dollar dispute over the terms of their lease.

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