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ACCC won’t fight $75M Cuscal, Indue tie-up
M&A 2025-10-24 2:31 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has cleared the way for ASX-listed Cuscal’s to acquire payment facilitation supplier Indue, saying it was unlikely to substantially lessen competition. 

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Clyde & Co lures insurance lawyer back from Gilchrist Connell
Insurance 2025-10-24 2:53 pm By Sam Matthews

Clyde & Co has boosted its corporate insurance offering, welcoming back solicitor Yvonne Lam after her stint at Gilchrist Connell. 

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ASIC seeks injunction against adviser linked to $520M in Shield, First Guardian investments
ASIC 2025-10-23 11:56 pm By Cindy Cameronne

ASIC wants an injunction against a financial adviser whose “honey pot” marketing allegedly led to 6,000 clients pumping over $520 million into the collapsed Shield and First Guardian funds. 

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Johns Lyng top execs dragged into suit over $75M sale of retailer
M&A 2025-10-23 3:38 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Two senior Johns Lyng Group executives have been dragged into a dispute over the $75 million sale of Nike franchisee Retail Prodigy Group.

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APAC wins bid to push back trial in fight with Dexus over airport sale
Aviation 2025-10-24 11:42 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Airport operator Australia Pacific Airports Corporation has won its bid to delay an upcoming trial in a dispute with Dexus over alleged breaches of a shareholder deed, after the real estate asset manager discovered 20,000 documents only last week. 

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Acciona weighs claims against Veolia, as $224M WTE plant spat ramps up
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-10-24 11:38 pm By Christine Caulfield

Spanish infrastructure firm Acciona is mulling cross-claims against contractor Veolia Australia after losing its fight to move their dispute over the Kwinana waste-to-energy project west, a court has heard.

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Meriton can’t block Alcove St Ives owners’ evidence before conclave in $123M suit
Construction 2025-10-24 11:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

Apartment owners in Sydney’s Alcove St Ives development have won extra time for evidence ahead of an expert huddle in a $123 million defects suit against a unit of builder Meriton.

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Mastercard can appeal privilege waiver ruling in ACCC’s case
Ben Hancock 2025-10-23 11:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

Mastercard can pursue an appeal of a ruling for the competition regulator requiring the credit card giant to hand over communications about its agreements with retailers, which are at the centre of a misuse of market power case.

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Lovisa underpayments class action sets up next reverse onus test
Employment 2025-10-22 11:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Jewellery retailer Lovisa has struck back at an underpayments class action, saying it does not have the burden of disproving the underpayments claims because the applicants have not proven each alleged unpaid overtime hour was actually worked.

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Nike loses challenge to swoosh-like trade mark of Canberra football club
Intellectual Property 2025-10-22 11:34 pm By Sam Matthews

Nike has lost its challenge to a Canberra AFL club’s trade mark, with IP Australia finding that the “arc-like feature” depicting a football in flight was not deceptively similar to the sportswear giant’s iconic swoosh mark.

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