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A judge overseeing a lease dispute in relation to a Brisbane CBD office tower has slashed a $43.2 million statutory demand against construction company Grocon by more than two thirds, finding property management firm Dexus was unreasonable to demand payment just two business days after issuing its invoices.
Defence shipbuilder Austal faces legal action by the corporate regulator challenging claims of privilege over documents sought as part of a probe into disclosures linked to cost overruns on the company's $4 billion US Navy ship-building program.
Mylan has launched a lawsuit against Cipla for allegedly copying the get-up of its blockbuster cholesterol drug Lipidil, after losing a bid to block Cipla and Sun Pharma from selling generic versions of the drug while it appeals a ruling invalidating several claims of its patents.
Patents at the centre of a high stakes IP dispute between tech giants Motorola and Hytera have significantly more than the necessary “scintilla of inventiveness” to be deemed valid, Motorola said on the first day of a month-long trial.
Lawyers for media outlet Buzzfeed say they are “very close” to settling a defamation case brought by former Labor MP Emma Husar, over an article that accused her of sexual harassment and exposing herself in a manner made famous by Sharon Stone in the movie Basic Instinct.
Veritas Advisory liquidator David Iannuzzi has admitted to "quite significant deficiencies" in his conduct as a liquidator and agreed to a 10-year ban from serving as an insolvency practitioner.
The publishers of the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Canberra Times have lost an appeal of a $300,000 defamation award to cricketer Chris Gayle, despite the appeals court finding Gayle's barrister had gone "too far" in his submissions to the jury.
Printer giant Seiko Epson has won its cross-appeal against cartridge reseller Calidad in a Full Federal Court decision that further clarifies the extent to which patentees can prevent those acquiring a patent's title from repurposing or manipulating the original product.
A former Commonwealth Bank executive facing criminal commercial bribery charges has been ordered to hand over a number of documents in a US lawsuit brought by IT company Computer Sciences Corporation, but has avoided orders compelling him to take the witness stand.
Facing cross claims by Pitcher Partners in two shareholder class actions alleging the accounting firm wrongly signed off on Slater & Gordon's financial reports ahead of a share price nosedive, the law firm and its ex-directors say they relied on the auditor to ensure the veracity of the statements.