Most Recent
SkyCity shareholder loses bid to bring derivative action over $67M AUSTRAC penalty
AUSTRAC 2025-12-06 3:55 am By Cindy Cameronne

A SkyCity shareholder has lost his bid to bring a case against former executives and directors at the ASX-listed casino seeking to recoup a $67 million penalty over breaches of money laundering regulations.  In a judgment handed down on Thursday, NSW Supreme Court Justice Scott Nixon refused SkyCity shareholder Stephen Wright’s application to bring a…

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Fortescue, Element Zero reach settlement in trade secrets case
Intellectual Property 2025-11-26 1:12 pm By Christine Caulfield

After losing a fight over access to millions of seized documents, Fortescue has settled its trade secrets case against green iron company Element Zero.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Construction PRO
APAC shareholders must hand over silk, G+T advice in fight with Dexus
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-11-26 11:33 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Real estate asset manager Dexus has won access to advice given by the lawyers of two shareholders of airport operator APAC over an alleged breach of a shareholder deed. 

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Construction PRO
Court throws out native title appeal over AngloGold mining leases
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-11-26 11:16 pm By Andy Sidler

An appeals court has confirmed that mining companies AngloGold and IGO Limited did not need to renegotiate native title approvals when they consolidated 31 existing mining leases into a single lease. 

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Light & Wonder employees can’t dodge subpoenas in Aristocrat case
Intellectual Property 2025-11-20 4:47 pm By Sam Matthews

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.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

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.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

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.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

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.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

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.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

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.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?