The Western Australian government has lost its bid to appeal a Federal Court judge’s rejection of its application to throw out a native title case alleging Onslow Salt made a $75 million with Chevron that amounted to an unlawful means conspiracy.
Aurizon has won a request to view documents from Qube Holdings in the ACCC’s case alleging it reached an anti-competitive agreement with Pacific National for the sale of its intermodal freight business, as it pushes back against the competition regulator’s claim that there were other buyers vying for the business.
Aristocrat Technologies has hit the jackpot in its bid for discovery to determine whether it has claims against rival Ainsworth for stealing its confidential information and using it to design a competing slot machine.
Australian petrol retailer United Petroleum has lost a bid to disqualify a judge from a final hearing on costs in its unsuccessful battle against law firm Herbert Smith Freehills over a failed initial public offering.
Viterra has been hit with costs for persisting with a special leave application to the High Court seeking to compel Cargill to turn over emails exchanged with its lawyers at Allens during the sale of its Joe White Maltings business, even after Cargill agreed to waive privilege and produced the documents.
Consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser has been permanently barred from displaying select ads for its Strepfen throat lozenges, as the Federal Court dismissed proceedings filed by rival iNova Pharmaceuticals.
Take-Two interactive has won an injunction blocking a Grand Theft Auto gamer from distributing software that allows users to access restricted features of the popular game, a month after reaching a settlement with a gamer in a separate copyright case.
A judge in the high-stakes trial over the $420 million sale of Viterra’s Joe White malt business to Cargill has denied Cargill’s request to have settlement talks admitted as evidence, shooting down the agricultural giant’s argument that the talks were needed to challenge Glencore in-house counsel’s assertion that he is of good character and will not breach a confidentiality agreement.
In-house counsel at Glencore has been granted access to “highly confidential” documents related to the possible sale by Cargill of its Joe White malt business so that he can mull a settlement offer.
A gamer has admitted he violated the copyright for Take-Two Interactive’s popular Grand Theft Auto video game by making unauthorised changes to the game that allowed him to manipulate the actions of other online players without their consent.