A court has issued an order restraining US blockchain company Ripple Labs from advertising its PayID system to Aussies, two days after the company agreed to geoblock its website within Australia.
Mining giant Glencore has won its appeal over access charges to Port of Newcastle shipping channels used to export coal from the Hunter Valley.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has brought legal proceedings against four directors of Linchpin Capital Group, the latest action over the financial services firm that allegedly funnelled $11 million of investor funds into unauthorized business and personal loans.
A judge has stepped aside from a patent lawsuit brought by tech firm Vehicle Monitoring Systems over a parking system used by the City of Melbourne after finding there may be a “genuine perception” that he could not approach the case with an open mind.
Business lobby association Ai Group is calling on federal crossbench senators to oppose a move by Labor to block litigation funding rules introduced by the Morrison government aimed at curbing class actions.
US industrial equipment manufacturer Illinois Tool Works has launched Federal Court patent infringement proceedings against an Australian producer of precast concrete products.
The son of controversial class action lawyer Mark Elliott has hired a big gun barrister to represent him in the Banksia class action proceedings and will be asking the judge overseeing the case against him to step aside.
Construction giant Boral must now contend with three class actions by shareholders alleging it failed to disclose financial problems with its US windows business, but the cases will stay on ice pending a High Court challenge.
Eight law firms made it to the courthouse door just under the wire last week, filing class actions on the eve of regulations that will require funders to register their class actions as managed investment schemes.
Woolworths has agreed to fast-track retail employee pay increases after a union hit the supermarket giant with a lawsuit this week.