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Telstra misled customers about Belong upload speeds, court finds
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-02-21 2:41 pm By Sam Matthews

A court has found that Telstra misled almost 9,000 residential broadband customers about the upload speeds of its budget internet provider Belong.

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GM class action judge fond of cars, not fond of pleading fights
Class Actions 2025-02-20 11:50 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

GM has foreshadowed a strike-out application in a class action over alleged faulty transmissions in Holden vehicles, but a judge has warned he won’t “take kindly” to pleading spats.

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Coles leases new national headquarters in Melbourne CBD
Real Estate 2025-02-20 8:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Coles has moved its national headquarters to a high rise in Melbourne’s Docklands to attract a larger talent pool, delivering a boost to the CBD’s commercial office market.  Corrs Chambers Westgarth advised Coles on the lease of its new national commercial office headquarters and store support centre at 720 Bourke Street, Melbourne.  Coles will lease…

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Meta slams ‘absurdly broad’ doc bid in Dialogue’s ‘modest’ yet hard-fought case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-02-18 11:05 pm By Christine Caulfield

A six-year legal battle by a Melbourne social media start-up over its termination from Meta’s platforms still rages, but for all that the case, according to the tech giant, is not one of epic — or even Epic — proportions.

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AI providers likely shielded from suits by lawyers, experts say
Feature 2025-02-13 11:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Lawyers will struggle to hold providers of legal artificial intelligence services liable for negligence but the situation may change as the technology becomes more sophisticated, experts have told Lawyerly. 

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Armour takeover case against Baker McKenzie can’t boost damages to $135M
Corporate 2025-01-31 11:54 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has rejected a new pleading that would have upped the damages to $135 million in a case by a shareholder of failed energy company Armour Group alleging law firm Baker McKenzie was knowingly involved in a plan to take control of the company for cheap.

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Corrs steers complex $1B Stockland acquisition of 12 Lendlease communities
Real Estate 2025-02-01 4:01 am By Andy Sidler

Corrs Chambers Westgrath helped get Stockland’s complex $1.06 billion acquisition of a dozen masterplanned community from Lendlease over the line late last year.

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New class action says 3M sold hazardous PFAS products
Class Actions 2025-01-21 11:48 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Chemical manufacturer 3M is facing a class action alleging it sold products containing hazardous materials known as PFAS without disclosing the risks they posed. 

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Pilatus wins discovery for potential IP suit linked to Air Force contract
Intellectual Property 2025-01-21 11:21 pm By Andy Sidler

Swiss aircraft manufacturer Pilatus has won discovery to pursue a possible copyright claim stemming from a Royal Australian Air Force flight simulator contract.

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Baker McKenzie, others win $3.5M security in Armour takeover case
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-01-20 11:41 pm By Andy Sidler

A shareholder and creditor of failed energy company Armour Group will have to front $3.5 million in security in its case against law firm Baker McKenzie and others ahead of an upcoming trial.

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