Clayton Utz

AkzoNobel has lost its bid to add new expert evidence after the conclusion of trial in a dispute with Inpex over allegedly defective anti-corrosive coating used on the $45 billion Ichthys natural gas project.

A judge has tossed an environmental group's bid for judicial review of a minister's approval of plans to build water regulating structures at the Nyah Floodplain in Victoria, saying the approval was contingent on plans to offset effects on the Regent parrot.

Group members in a class action against Philips over alleged defective sleep apnea machines may seek to rely on US law, with potentially “major consequences” for how much damages they could receive, a court has heard. 

Insurer Allianz Australia has been unsuccessful in an application to limit Uniting Church's coverage for historical sexual misconduct claims to $15 million under a professional indemnity policy.

Piper Alderman has hired a leading real estate partner from Clayton Utz who brings in-demand expertise on renewable energy and large-scale developments to the firm.

Epic Games has told a judge that Apple is treating Australian competition laws with “arrogant disrespect” and urged him to order injunctions after he found the tech giant engaged in anti-competitive conduct in the app marketplace.

In a landmark recent decision, the Federal Court has confirmed that getting credits wrong or trying to contract your way out of giving them carries serious legal and commercial consequences, says Clayton Utz head of digital and intellectual property Timothy Webb and lawyer Chelsea Manansala.

Apple and Epic Games are back in court for a high-stakes fight over the orders a judge should make following his finding that the company engaged in anti-competitive conduct in the app marketplace. 

A judge has imposed a $1.55 million penalty on car finance lender Money3 in ASIC's action alleging breaches of responsible lending obligations, criticising the regulator again for its "sprawling" case. 

A2 Milk has won a long-running lawsuit alleging Care A2 Plus infringed its trade marks, with a judge finding the infringement was flagrant and rejecting arguments that 'a2' is descriptive of a type of milk that only contains the A2 protein.