A judge has hit the applicant in a sham contraction class action against Appco with costs for forcing the company to file a defence to a superseded pleading, saying the usual “no costs” rule in Fair Work cases had less force in actions backed by third party litigation funders.
A judge has raised serious concerns about the proposed commission by the funder behind a $90 million sham contracting class action against fundraiser Appco, slamming as “intuitively wrong” an arrangment that could leave group members pocketing less than half of any recovery.
A group of 39 of Australia’s largest universities has managed to avoid paying its full $32.5 million annual fee to Copyright Agency Ltd, while a dispute over the terms of a licence remains unresolved.
Toy giant Lego has resolved an unfair dismissal lawsuit brought by a former executive who claimed he was fired after he returned to Australia early from an overseas secondment to care for his son.
International law firm Baker McKenzie has confimed the death of its global chair, Paul Rawlinson, who had been on extended leave, citing exhaustion.
Australia’s largest intellectual property services firm IPH will maintain its dominance after winning a takeover battle for Xenith IP, a deal that will create a formidable IP services giant with over 1,000 employees across Asia Pacific.
IP services company QANTM has signaled the end to a bidding war to acquire rival Xenith IP, saying it will not match the terms of the latest offer lodged by fellow IP services provider IPH that would see it acquire Xenith outright.
By putting its name on allegedly defective vaginal mesh implants, American Medical Systems held itself out as the manufacture of those devices, according to an amended class action pleading that addresses the medical device maker’s assertion that a subsidiary made the devices after May 2012.
The takeover battle for Xenith IP has entered round two, with IPH submitting a revised proposal to acquire the IP services firm in full, leaving fellow suitor QANTM with three days to lodge a competing offer.
Cereal giant Sanitarium and retailer Rebel Sports have lost their appeal against a decision of the NSW Supreme Court staying proceedings against a UK marketing company in a dispute over a $1.4 million joint promotional campaign.