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Babcock & Brown shareholders can’t stay costs orders in failed 10-year-old case
Shareholders in collapsed financial services firm Babcock & Brown have lost their bid to stay costs orders after losing a ten-year-old dispute.
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No early discovery for likely recovery in $350M suit against Probuild
The owners of the Werribee shopping centre in Victoria have lost their bid for preliminary discovery related to the likely recovery in their $356 million claim against builder Probuild. 
Virbac loses bid to block generic animal drug
Animal health company Virbac has lost its interlocutory bid to block a generic version of its animal drug Cydectin Platinum by rival Abbey Laboratories. 
New Zealand’s highest court endorses early common fund orders
ANZ Bank New Zealand has lost its bid to appeal a ruling that common fund orders can be made in class actions, including at an early stage of the proceeding,
IP firm loses challenge to Apple’s authentication patent
An intellectual property firm has lost its legal challenge to Apple's bid to patent its method of authentication on electronic devices, including smartphones.
Law firm can’t dodge $5.4M security in Macquarie class action
Maurice Blackburn is stuck paying $5.4 million in security in a flex commissions class action against Macquarie, with a judge saying it represents a “business risk willingly undertaken”.
‘Truly lamentable’: Solicitors score partial win in tax appeal
Two Queensland solicitors have scored partial wins in their decades-long disputes with the tax office because of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal’s “wholesale failure” to give proper reasons.
Top 10 class action settlements of 2024
Class action settlements leaped in value last year, with three settlements topping the $200 million mark.
High Court asked to weigh in on Katy Perry trade mark stoush
An Australian fashion designer has asked the High Court to overturn a Full Court win for singer Katy Perry in a long-running trade mark dispute, saying the court's findings “wrongly privilege the powerful and famous over ordinary traders”.