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A judge has granted the Pokemon Company’s request for a temporary injunction restraining an Australian business from developing an augmented reality game featuring its popular Pokemon characters and selling related NFTs. 

A judge has rejected Shine Lawyers’ second bid to challenge a court order that it join forces with rival Banton Group in an investor class action Blue Sky Alternative Investments and auditor EY, saying the firm’s funder LCM was trying to “take the bat and ball and go home.” Federal Court Justice Michael Lee rejected…

The Victoria Supreme Court has dismissed a bid to quash the Environment Protection Authority’s decision to renew the mining licences of the state’s three remaining coal power stations, in a test case for the state’s Climate Change Act.

The ACCC has refused to authorise a regional network arrangement between Telstra and TPG, saying the deal would entrench Telstra’s dominant position in the mobile market.

The proposed Armaguard merger with rival Prosegur will clearly reduce competition in the cash transport industry but the world without the tie-up might be just as bleak, the ACCC has said.

The ACT Government is looking for a legal expert to head up a new inquiry into the trial of Bruce Lehrmann over the alleged rape of former liberal staffer Brittany Higgins, which will investigate the conduct of police investigators and prosecutors.

Philips Electronics will not face a class action in Australia over recalled sleep apnea machines that contained a foam component that could  degrade and cause consumers to inhale dangerous chemicals, after the law firm running the litigation decided to drop the case.

Insurer Bond & Credit Company is seeking to join Greensill Group to three lawsuits over the financing firm’s $1.7 billion collapse in March 2020, while Greensill has foreshadowed its own cross-claims against Insurance Australia Group.

A $1.5 million class action settlement against failed logistics provider GetSwift, which a judge termed a “disaster”, has been revised down to $1 million and may face a liquidators’ challenge that could see a group members recover nothing.

Lithium prospecting  company AVZ Minerals is facing a potential class action for allegedly misleading shareholders about its ownership rights to its flagship lithium project in the Democratic Republic of Congo.