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Ivy League university can’t block lawyer’s ‘Harvard Legal’ trade mark
Intellectual Property 2025-02-19 12:28 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Harvard University has lost its opposition to a law firm’s bid to register ‘Harvard Legal’ as a trade mark.

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Accolade Wines wins spat with Pernod Ricard over business sale deal
Corporate 2025-02-19 11:38 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Wine producer Accolade has won a dispute with Pernod Ricard over interim arrangements to distribute wine after it bought the French winemaker’s Australian and New Zealand businesses.

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Melbourne law firm wins bid to declass group proceeding over legal advice
Class Actions 2025-02-18 5:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has stripped a group proceeding against a Melbourne law firm of class action status, finding each of the firm’s 700 clients had “factually discrete” claims. 

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Meta slams ‘absurdly broad’ doc bid in Dialogue’s ‘modest’ yet hard-fought case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-02-18 11:05 pm By Christine Caulfield

A six-year legal battle by a Melbourne social media start-up over its termination from Meta’s platforms still rages, but for all that the case, according to the tech giant, is not one of epic — or even Epic — proportions.

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‘Speculation’: Former ASIC chair takes aim at Clive Palmer lawsuit
Public Corruption 2025-02-18 10:57 pm By Andy Sidler

Former ASIC chairJames Shipton wants to strike out claims brought against him by Clive Palmer, arguing the mining billionaire’s pleading cannot support a claim for misfeasance in public office.

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NACC to investigate 6 people involved in Robodebt scheme
Public Corruption 2025-02-18 11:19 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The NACC will investigate six people involved in the Robodebt scheme, after finding its commissioner should have removed himself from deciding whether to take up referrals from a royal commission.

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TerraCom directors to claim penalty privilege in novel ASIC case
ASIC 2025-02-18 2:14 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Four directors of coal producer TerraCom have flagged they will not show their hand in the corporate regulator’s first-ever case alleging breaches of whistleblower protections.

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Icon fights Citta Group’s bid to vacate trial over alleged $1.2M debt
Contracts 2025-02-19 11:37 pm By Sam Matthews

Building company Icon is fighting developer Citta’s application to vacate the hearing of its claim to $1.2 million for consulting work on a Victorian state project, rejecting the developer’s claim it was ambushed by a new defence.

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Goodman Group seeks to raise $4.4B to fund investment in data centres
Securities 2025-02-19 11:35 pm By Andy Sidler

Property developer Goodman Group is seeking to raise $4.4 billion to fund its investments in data centres, as demand increases from the expanded use of cloud computing and artificial intelligence.

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Deputy PM Richard Marles called out for ‘quibbling’ in bullying case
Employment 2025-02-18 4:19 pm By Sam Matthews

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles’ chief of staff has called out her boss for “quibbling” in her case alleging she was pushed out after complaining about bullying.

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