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Fortescue, Element Zero come to blows over discovery again, raising judge’s ire
Intellectual Property 2025-09-10 2:37 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has expressed frustration over the fourth discovery fight this year in Fortescue’s trade secrets case against Element Zero, as the green iron startup claims its bigger rival is trying to drag out the litigation.

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Multi-employer bargaining appeal by Peabody, Whitehaven dismissed
Employment 2025-09-10 11:19 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

An appeals court has thrown out challenges by three mining giants to a Fair Work Commission decision that requires them to bargain together with a group of employees and their union.

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Regeneron, Bayer lose bid to block Sandoz from launching Eylea biosimilar
Intellectual Property 2025-09-08 11:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Regeneron and Bayer have lost their bid to block generic drug maker Sandoz from launching a biosimilar of their blockbuster eye drug Eylea.

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Receivers appointed to Australian Fiduciaries entities amid probe over missing $167M
Financial Services 2025-09-08 11:33 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A court has appointed receivers to two entities of collapsed asset manager Australian Fiduciaries amid concerns by the corporate regulator that $167 million in funds have been misused, including to buy $600,000 in luxury cars.

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Fight over IGA challenge to Shepparton supermarket decision goes to High Court
Real Estate 2025-09-08 11:04 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has been asked to clarify the jurisdictional reach of the Victoria Supreme Court to hear planning disputes, in a spat between the state and supermarket operator IGA.

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Mayfair’s Mawhinney hit with 15-year injunction in ASIC case
ASIC 2025-09-05 11:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has hit Mayfair Group director James Mawhinney with 15-year injunctions, after finding he took a “cavalier attitude to compliance” in marketing notes tied to Mission Beach properties in Queensland. 

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High Court won’t hear Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation appeal
Defamation 2025-09-04 11:31 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Australia’s most-decorated soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, has lost his bid for special leave from the High Court to appeal a judge’s findings that he committed war crimes in Afghanistan.

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Adina owes Trenerry’s West End $2.3M for terminating Melbourne hotel lease
Real Estate 2025-09-05 11:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has ordered Adina West Melbourne to pay $2.3 million to Trenerry’s West End LandCo, including $1 million in unpaid rent, despite finding COVID-19 lockdowns were a force majeure event under the lease.

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Education Department wants claim setoff built into Roberts Co DOCA
Construction 2025-09-05 11:40 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Victorian Department of Education is seeking court declarations that under a plan to restructure Roberts Co (VIC) it can set off claims of its own against any brought by the failed builder.

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Frasers says judge should ‘kill’ case over falling planter boxes at One Central Park
Construction 2025-08-28 11:48 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An entity of construction giant Frasers is seeking summary dismissal of one of multiple cases by owners at a Sydney inner city high rise development over planter boxes that have allegedly detached or fallen to the street.

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