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ANZ to pay $10M for unconscionable conduct in charging illegal bank fees
ANZ 2020-10-02 3:09 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A judge has ordered Australia and New Zealand Banking Group to pay $10 million in penalties after finding that the bank engaged in unconscionable conduct and breached its obligations by slugging customers $3 million in periodic payment fees it was not entitled to charge.

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Full Court trashes ACCC appeal over Woolworths ‘eco’ picnic products
ACCC 2020-09-29 7:03 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has lost its appeal of a ruling that found Woolworths’ environmental claims for its ‘Select Eco’ line of compostable plates, bowls and cutlery were accurate, not false and misleading.

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Herbert Smith Freehills underpaid some lawyers more than $20,000
Ashurst 2020-09-25 10:11 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Herbert Smith Freehills has discovered it underpaid a number of its graduate lawyers, with some in the Big Six firm’s graduate ranks owed more than $20,000.

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Nationwide, Devine settle defamation case over Quaden Bayles tweets
Ashurst 2020-09-25 11:16 am By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Nationwide News and journalist Miranda Devine have agreed to pay a “substantial” sum to settle a defamation lawsuit brought by nine-year old Quaden Bayles over Devine’s retweets of conspiracy theories suggesting a video of Bayles posted on social media following a bullying incident were fake.

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Qantas underpaying staff by ‘setting off’ JobKeeper payments, court finds
Ashurst 2020-09-24 6:47 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The Federal Court has provided clarification as to how the Morrison government’s JobKeeper scheme operates, in a ruling against Qantas Airways that found the airline had incorrectly applied the scheme and underpaid its staff.

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Judge shuts down Boehringer challenge to Merck Sharp & Dohme parasite patent
Agriculture 2020-09-24 1:59 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim has failed in its Federal Court challenge to a patent application for an injectable anti-parasite drug for livestock by a subsidiary of competitor Merck Sharp & Dohme.

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Clive Palmer can’t get law firm, funder docs for possible Queensland Nickel claim
Andrew O'Brien 2020-09-23 4:39 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The Queensland Supreme Court has shot down an “entirely speculative” bid by two Clive Palmer-owned companies to access information held by two law firms and a litigation funder, as the mining magnate mulls a lawsuit for potential breaches of a settlement reached in the Queensland Nickel liquidation proceedings.

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Mayfair’s Mawhinney hires Ashurst after lengthy ASIC submission
Ashurst 2020-09-23 11:34 am By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The director of the beleaguered Mayfair investment group, who has been self-represented in winding up proceedings by ASIC, has now entered into a late stage retainer with law firm Ashurst, with his barrister saying he could no longer manage the case on his own after the regulator filed a lengthy affidavit.

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PwC accountant with bipolar disorder can’t bring disability discrimination claim
Ashurst 2020-09-21 4:49 pm By Alison Eveleigh Sydney

A former PricewaterhouseCoopers employee has lost his bid to bring a discrimination claim against the accounting firm, with a judge finding he didn’t have direct evidence that he was discriminated against because of his bipolar disorder.

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Boehringer appeals failed opposition to Zoetis patents
Appeals 2020-09-21 3:11 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

German drug maker Boehringer has launched a Federal Court fight against rival Zoetis after coming up short in its opposition to two Zoetis patents for pig vaccine-related inventions.

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