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Two class actions against the state of Queensland over the removal of Indigenous children from their families are set to be discontinued after losing litigation funding.
A judge has approved amendments to a shareholder class action against iSignthis and auditor Grant Thornton, over the opposition of the fintech firm, which argued the changes would amount to an abuse of process.
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A court has granted development approval to an 85-unit apartment block in Sydney's North Shore that exceeds height restrictions, finding that strict compliance is unnecessary given the development will provide affordable housing.
DLA Piper has promoted five partners in Australia, following other firms in boosting the energy and infrastructure expertise in its partnership ranks.
Boral's former CEO Zlatko Tordorcevski and ex-CFO Tino La Spina have been granted discovery as they mull possible claims against their former employer for curbing their long-term incentive entitlements when they left in 2022.
The corporate watchdog’s first case under internal dispute resolution regulations has had mixed results, with a court finding compliance failures by Telstra Super but no under-resourcing.
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DLA Piper has promoted five partners in Australia, following other firms in boosting the energy and infrastructure expertise in its partnership ranks.
Pharmacor, which is facing infringement claims by AstraZeneca over its plans to launch a generic version of diabetes drug Forxiga, can tweak its cross-claim to challenge a patent term extension.
Sportsbet has won its argument about the scope of a waiver of privilege in a class action over unlawful betting services, but a judge has found that the lead plaintiff can still keep communications with Maurice Blackburn under wraps.
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A judge has thrown out a law firm's bid to review a costs assessment manager's decision to grant a Sydney silk more time to make a costs assessment application for services he provided almost a decade ago.