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Delta Building appeals $1.5M fine in National Gallery bid rigging case
Appeals 2024-07-04 12:07 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Industrial technology company Delta Building Automation has appealed a $1.5 million penalty for attempting to rig a bid for construction work on the National Gallery of Australia, a penalty five times the amount it claimed it should face.

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Barrister can’t beat professional misconduct finding over allegation of fraud
Business of Law 2024-07-04 11:25 pm By Andy Sidler

An appeals court has knocked back a Melbourne barrister’s challenge to a decision that found him guilty of professional misconduct for making an unsubstantiated allegation of fraud in a costs dispute. 

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PwC to pay $8.25M to settle class action over bond prospectus
Class Actions 2024-07-03 11:30 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

PricewaterhouseCoopers has agreed to pay $8.25 million to settle a class action on behalf of Axsesstoday bondholders over an allegedly misleading bond prospectus, bringing the settlement total to $9.5 million after a group of insurers agreed to pay $1 million to settle the class action’s claims.

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Origin Energy fires off cross-claim in trade mark fight
Intellectual Property 2024-07-03 11:53 pm By Sam Matthews

Energy retailer Origin Energy has hit back at a trade mark infringement suit filed by internet provider Origin Net, arguing that its mark should be revoked and accusing Origin Net of misleading and deceptive conduct. 

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Judge makes complaint to legal watchdog against NSW top prosecutor
Courts 2024-07-02 11:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge of the District Court in NSW has lodged a formal complaint against the state’s Director of Public Prosecutions after the DPP griped to the court’s top judge about her conduct while presiding over three criminal cases.

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‘Contrary to commercial reality’: Google takes aim at Epic Games’ competition case
Trials 2024-07-02 11:47 pm By Sam Matthews

Google has slammed Fortnite game maker Epic Games’ landmark competition case against it as “contrary to commercial reality”, saying its competition with rival tech giant Apple means it is no monopolist.

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Mayne Pharma reaches settlement in class action over antitrust probe
Class Actions 2024-07-02 11:46 am By Christine Caulfield

Generic drug maker Mayne Pharma has resolved a shareholder class action centred on disclosures connected to price-fixing claims by US regulators.

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In Wollemi appeal, Tesla CEO Robyn Denholm must prove it’s not just personal
Intellectual Property 2024-07-02 11:27 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Tesla CEO Robyn Denholm has lodged an appeal that must convince the Federal Court that her family office’s use of the ‘Wollemi’ trade mark was not just private and personal, but use in trade or commerce that benefitted third parties, not just the family.

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Bonza creditors vote to wind up failed airline
Restructuring & Insolvency 2024-07-02 10:15 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Bonza creditors voted Tuesday to wind up the budget airline after its administrators at Hall Chadwick ran an “extensive sales campaign” but received no offers to purchase the collapsed airline.

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Nine to pay $3M to settle class action over Palm Island coverage
Class Actions 2024-07-01 11:59 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Nine will pay $3 million to settle a class action over its coverage of litigation related to the 2004 Palm Island riots, it has been revealed, after the class action failed to suppress the settlement sum.

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