A class action accusing the New South Wales government of unfair persecution of south coast Indigenous groups for engaging in cultural fishing practices has slammed the state’s defence as âpoor in the extremeâ.
A seasoned planning and environment player will be the ninth new partner to join the K&L Gates ranks this year, bringing with him a team of two .Â
Fortescue has rejected Element Zeroâs âimplausibleâ claims that the start-up’s founder was instructed by the mining giant’s IP manager to access and delete certain documents after his resignation, as it defends allegations that search orders it won over the alleged misappropriation of its confidential information were based on weak evidence.
Several insurers have won a dispute with two Melbourne businesses about whether an industrial special risks policy can cover losses suffered during COVID-19 lockdowns, with a judge finding the policy did not respond just because there were recorded cases in Melbourne.Â
A environmental group has lost its challenge to the extension of the Mount Pleasant open cut coal mine in NSW operated by MACH Energy, with a judge finding the planning commission considered greenhouse emissions and did not merely pay âlip serviceâ to the issue.
The Australian Conservation Foundation has reached an agreement with Woodside Energy to drop proceedings over the company’s Scarborough gas project in Western Australia, which alleged the $16.5 billion joint venture could not go ahead until its climate impacts were assessed.Â
The patent office has rejected Visa’s application to patent a token system for securing customer data, finding the process did not address a technical problem or provide a technical solution.
The lead plaintiff in a class action alleging NSW Police conducted illegal strip searches at music festivals has argued the state cannot rely on a defence that the searches were a reasonable exercise of power, after a recent judgment found the defence does not apply to unlawful arrests.
Start-up Element Zero has attacked search orders won by Fortescue over the alleged misappropriation of the mining company’s confidential information by three former employees, calling the orders an âindustrial scale forensic debacleâ won on weak evidence and the failure to disclose material information.
HWL Ebsworth has won indemnity costs against a former client who alleged the firm gave negligent advice over property in Parramattaâs ‘Auto Alley’, with a court saying the client was the âauthor of the outcome about which it complainsâ by rejecting a $1.35 million settlement offer.