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Takeovers Panel says Cosette can’t shutter Mayne’s Adelaide drug plant
M&A 2025-11-19 11:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Takeovers Panel has found Cosette cannot close a Mayne Pharma drug manufacturing plant in Adelaide, another win for Mayne in its push to block the US drug maker from walking away from their $672 million merger.

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Light & Wonder employees can’t dodge subpoenas in Aristocrat trade secrets case
Intellectual Property 2025-11-20 4:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has signed off on subpoenas compelling employees of gaming company Light & Wonder to give evidence in a US case by Aristocrat alleging misuse of confidential information about its popular Dragon Link poker machine.

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Mayne wins extension of FIRB deadline for Cosette takeover
M&A 2025-11-18 11:51 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Foreign Investment Review Board has extended the deadline for ruling on Cosette’s proposed $672 million takeover of Mayne Pharma.

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Mayne, Cosette row to be decided on merits after panel resets merger clock
M&A 2025-11-14 11:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Takeovers Panel has agreed to hear Mayne Pharma’s latest dispute with Cosette over the US drug maker’s attempts to walk away from their $672 million merger agreement and extended the timeline for completing the deal.

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Mayne wins breathing room in fight to get Cosette merger over the line
M&A 2025-11-13 11:11 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Mayne Pharma has secured an extension of the deadline for securing Foreign Investment Review Board approval of its $672 million tie-up with US drug maker Cosette.

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Judge rejects ratchet contingency fee in MinRes class action
Class Actions 2025-11-10 4:09 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has ordered a flat contingency fee at a rate below the maximum sought by the firm running a class action against Mineral Resources, agreeing with a colleague that recent shareholder class action losses don’t justify a higher percentage.

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Cosette appeals loss over exit from $672M Mayne Pharma merger
M&A 2025-11-10 3:17 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Cosette plans to appeal a ruling that rejected its bid to terminate an agreement to merge with Mayne Pharma, as the US drug company also refuses to agree to conditions needed to win Foreign Investment Review Board approval for the tie-up.

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High Court appeals fail in strip search case against Qatar Airways
Appeals 2025-11-07 7:54 am By Christine Caulfield

The High Court won’t weigh in on a case over strip searches of Qatar Airways passengers, following a mixed ruling that revived claims against the airline but found Qatar’s aviation authority could not be sued.

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Acciona takes aim at ‘hopelessly flawed’ patent suit over $511M waste-to-energy plant
Intellectual Property 2025-11-07 11:47 pm By Sam Matthews

Acciona is mulling a bid to summarily dismiss a “hopelessly flawed” patent suit by its construction partner on the troubled East Rockingham waste-to-energy plant project, saying it is doomed in light of a High Court decision holding a patentee’s rights are exhausted at the time of sale.

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Arada’s Australian boss can’t shut down vote on his termination
Construction 2025-11-04 11:40 pm By Christine Caulfield

The managing director of the Australian arm of property developer Arada has lost his bid to bar a vote on his termination as he and the group’s CEO sling allegations of misconduct and dishonesty. 

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