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TPG follows telco giants in scrapping exclusivity deal with Google
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-08-13 2:03 pm By Sam Matthews

The competition watchdog has accepted an undertaking from TPG not to renew an agreement requiring it to pre-install Google on mobile devices it supplies, following similar undertakings given by Telstra and Optus last month. 

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Johnson Winter Slattery bolsters team with hire of tech law expert
Technology 2024-08-01 1:41 pm By Sam Matthews

Johnson Winter Slattery has appointed a technology and communications specialist, bolstering the ranks of its team in Sydney.

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CrowdStrike outage to spark slew of complex courtroom fights, lawyers say
Feature 2024-07-29 11:25 pm By Sam Matthews

Experts say the chaos of last month’s CrowdStrike outage is likely to spark a flurry of litigation both overseas and at home, including class actions, but lawyers bringing the claims will face significant hurdles.

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McGrathNicol partners duck apprehended bias claims in Globaltech administration
Restructuring & Insolvency 2024-07-22 11:43 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has rejected an application by a director of mining tech company Globaltech to replace administrators from McGrathNicol after arguing there was an appearance of bias since their fellow partners used to be on the board of its biggest unsecured creditor, Boart Longyear.

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Fortescue accused of ‘extraordinary invasion of privacy’ of start-up trio
Intellectual Property 2024-07-12 11:15 pm By Christine Caulfield

Seeking to quash search orders won by metals company Fortescue against former employees who founded a green iron rival, a lawyer for the start-up has said three terabytes of data were indiscriminately copied, including confidential, privileged and irrelevant material.

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KMPG, Phoslock face court bid for info ahead of potential shareholder class action
Class Actions 2024-07-08 11:19 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A shareholder has filed an application for preliminary discovery against KMPG and water treatment company Phoslock as she weighs a possible class action over the company’s past fraud and mismanagement.

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Telstra, Optus won’t renew exclusivity deals with Google amid ACCC investigation
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-07-02 12:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The ACCC has accepted undertakings from Telstra and Optus not to renew agreements requiring them to pre-install Google apps on Android devices as part of its competition probe into Google.

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Apple decries Epic Games’ attempted ‘freeriding’ in competition case over lucrative app stores
Trials 2024-06-28 11:48 pm By Sam Matthews

In a landmark competition case, Apple has told the Federal Court that Epic Games and other developers should not be allowed to “freeride” on the resources and user base the tech giant has “spent many billions” to develop. 

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Five years in, Meta goes on offensive in competition case by social media start-up
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-06-27 11:15 pm By Sam Matthews

Five years after it was first hit with a competition case by Dialogue Consulting, Meta has filed a cross-claim against the Melbourne social media company, alleging it collects and stores Instagram user login credentials and instructs clients to provide inaccurate information to the platform.

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Fortescue accused of ‘egregious material nondisclosure’ in case against green iron start-up
Intellectual Property 2024-06-26 10:06 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Start-up Element Zero claims Fortescue did not disclose material information to the court when it obtained search orders in its case alleging “industrial scale misuse” of the mining company’s confidential information.

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