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TechnologyOne wins dismissal of long-running suit by former exec
After a years-long legal battle, a judge has thrown out an unfair dismissal suit by a former TechnologyOne executive, finding he was lawfully terminated for failing to adapt to the company's management structure.
WiseTech finds Richard White did not inappropriately use company funds
A WiseTech investigation into billionaire chair Richard White has found no evidence that he misused company funds in his personal relationships with two women, including to pay for an employee’s plastic surgery. 
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Ashurst boosts cross‑border projects team with partner hire from NRF
Ashurst has nabbed a partner from Norton Rose Fulbright to join its global projects and energy transition team.
Judge ‘very uncomfortable’ with funder’s novel costs bid in KPMG class action
A judge has expressed concerns about a funder's novel application for its costs in a partially settled shareholder class action over the collapse of mining company Cudeco, saying everyone was getting a payday except group members. 
Drug makers back in court five years after settling case over Merck TM
German drug maker Merck KGaA is fighting US drug company Merck Sharp & Dohme over the alleged use of the ‘Merck’ mark in Australia, five years after their intellectual property spat was settled. 
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Insurers lose bid to join MTR, UGL to case over Northwest Rail Link
A group of insurers can't join Northwest Rail Link joint venture partners MTR and UGL to a suit by CPB Contractors and John Holland over a $100 million policy, with a judge saying the joint venture’s interests in the case are commercial rather than legal. 
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Developer Point Bay wins judge’s recusal from Global Capital case
A judge has recused herself from a case by liquidators for real estate investment firm Global Capital Property Fund against Point Bay Developments, after hearing the corporate regulator's application to wind up the fund.
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Falcon Capital liquidators bring case against property developer over $46M loan
The liquidators of Falcon Capital, which is suspected of having misused $450 million in investor funds, have sued a Melbourne property developer, claiming he knowingly assisted Falcon to loan millions in trust money in a “dishonest and fraudulent design”. 
The Australian says claim JLL exec sexually harassed junior at strip club is true
The publisher of The Australian has hit back at a defamation case by a former JLL executive, saying it was substantially true that he fondled a drunk junior female colleague's breast at a strip club. 
Apple wants to rob judgment of ‘bite’ in Epic Games case, court told
Orders proposed by Apple after a judge’s finding that the digital giant and rival Google engaged in anti-competitive conduct would “rob the court’s findings of their detail, their efficacy and their bite”, Epic Games has said.