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New Zealand-based pipe manufacturer Buteline has been added to a case seeking damages over the installation of allegedly defective water pipes in a residential building in the Northern Territory.
A judge has questioned whether an agreed penalty against ANZ for overstating bond trading volumes is sufficient, noting the misrepresentations were "very significant".
A judge on Tuesday penalised Google $55 million for anti-competitive deals requiring Telstra and Optus to pre-install its search engine on Android devices, but has questioned why action wasn't taken against the telcos.
Special purpose liquidators have been appointed to failed clothing retailer Mosaic Brands, after a judge found a reasonable apprehension of bias arising from liquidator Vaughan Strawbridge's former link to Deloitte.
Woolworths has been hit with a shareholder class action for underpaying workers hundred of millions of dollars, with investors alleging the supermarket giant issued inflated financial statements by failing to account for proper staff remuneration.
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McCullough Robertson has nabbed a construction law expert from Mills Oakley to join the firm's partnership.
Nine wants indemnity costs against celebrity surgeon Munjed Al Muderis, claiming his defamation case over reports critical of his promotion of an experimental procedure, which the court found were substantially true, was an abuse of process.
James Hardie is fighting a bid to amend a shareholder class action over the building materials giant's 2023 income forecasts, telling the court it doesn't understand the “new case”.
Car dealership software firm Pentana has accused competitor Titan of a "calculated, sustained and brazen" invasion of its rights, and argues cross-claims of misuse of market power are a distraction.
A court has dismissed by consent a case launched by a group of Banksia Securities investors against the law firm that acted for the funder of a scandal-ridden class action.