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Lorna Jane faces ACCC action over anti-virus activewear claims
ACCC 2020-12-21 3:58 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen Melbourne

The ACCC has taken legal action against women’s activewear company Lorna Jane for allegedly representing to consumers during the height of the coronavirus pandemic in Australia that its anti-virus activewear would protect them from viruses, including COVID-19.

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Ex-BlueScope exec Jason Ellis avoids jail for obstructing ACCC cartel probe
ACCC 2020-12-15 10:29 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Former BlueScope general manager of sales and marketing Jason Ellis has been sentenced to a wholly suspended prison term of eight months after pleading guilty to obstructing a price fixing investigation.

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Norton Rose hit with indemnity costs after ‘fatal misjudgment’ in dispute with ex-partner
Ashley Cameron 2020-12-15 5:37 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Norton Rose Fulbright has been hit with indemnity costs in a long-running case brought by a former partner, with a judge finding the law firm persisted with its “continued maintenance of groundless denials” in the lead-up to a $160,000 judgment against it.

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Arnold Bloch Leibler hits Slater & Gordon with cross-claim in shareholder class action
Caryn Van Proctor 2020-12-14 9:26 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen

Arnold Bloch Leibler has hit back at a class action by Slater & Gordon shareholders accusing it of misleading and deceptive conduct and breaching its duty of care by greenlighting the law firm’s $1.2 billion acquisition of Quindell, filing cross-claims against Slater & Gordon and two of its former directors.

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ASIC won’t challenge loss in Tennis Australia case, but more claims may be coming
Aaron Weinstock 2020-12-09 9:52 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

ASIC will not appeal a Federal Court decision tossing the majority of its case against former Tennis Australia director Harold Mitchell and accusing the regulator of “confirmatory bias” in bringing the case, but has foreshadowed fresh claims related to allegedly inconsistent statements given during its investigation.

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Prosecutors want former BlueScope exec to go to jail for obstructing cartel investigation
ACCC 2020-12-08 6:03 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Crown prosecutors are arguing a former BlueScope executive who has pleaded guilty to obstructing an ACCC price fixing investigation should face jail time for the “objectively serious” conduct.

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Disaster payments can’t limit damages in Queensland floods class action, judge says
Class Actions 2020-12-08 5:42 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen Melbourne

A judge has ruled that disaster payments cannot be taken into consideration in assessing damages in a long-running class action over the 2011 Queensland floods that destroyed 2,000 homes and claimed 12 lives.

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Ex-Norton Rose Fulbright partner says $160,000 damages ‘manifestly inadequate’
Appeals 2020-12-08 4:50 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A sacked Norton Rose Fulbright partner is challenging a $160,000 award handed down by a judge who found the law firm intentionally deceived him in litigation over his dismissal, arguing the sum is “manifestly inadequate”.

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High Court asked to deal death blow to common fund orders
7-Eleven 2020-12-07 4:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Convenience store chain 7-Eleven has asked the High Court to find courts do not have the power to make common fund orders at settlement or judgment in a class action, one year after the High Court ruled common fund orders could not be made in the early part of a representative proceeding.

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Destroying notes was ‘standard practice’, Norton Rose partner tells court
Charles Street 2020-12-03 5:09 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

An employment partner at Norton Rose Fulbright has defended his destruction of notes following an internal investigation into allegations of bullying at the law firm, telling a Federal Circuit Court judge that this was “standard practice”.

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