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Judge sides with ASIC, finds insolvent hedge fund Goldsky operated without a licence
Restructuring & Insolvency 2019-05-09 6:16 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has found embattled hedge fund Goldsky breached the Corporations Act by providing financial services in Australia without a licence.

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Bauer’s appeal victory means curtain call for Discover Downunder trade mark
Intellectual Property 2019-05-09 4:08 pm By Miklos Bolza

Bauer Consumer Media has won a five-year legal battle over Evergreen Television’s Discover Downunder trade mark, with the Full Federal Court setting aside a prior IP Australia decision and deregistering the mark.

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Judge signs off on 25% cut for funders in Spotless class action
Class Actions 2019-05-09 4:01 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has approved funding terms in a shareholder class action against facility services company Spotless Group under which the funders will get no more than 25 percent of any net settlement or judgment.

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Judge slams Copyright Agency’s $32.5M interim request from universities as ‘absurd’ and ‘unfair’
Intellectual Property 2019-05-09 2:59 pm By Amelia Birnie

A group of 39 of Australia’s largest universities has managed to avoid paying its full $32.5 million annual fee to Copyright Agency Ltd, while a dispute over the terms of a licence remains unresolved.

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Guy Sebastian, ex-manager Titus Day take dispute off stage
Entertainment 2019-05-09 11:49 am By Miklos Bolza

Pop singer Guy Sebastian will enter mediation later this month in an attempt to settle his dispute with former manager Titus Day over allegedly unpaid entitlements for promotional work.

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Ex-Radio Rentals CEO dragged into class action, says he ‘can’t afford lawyers’
Class Actions 2019-05-09 11:13 am By Amelia Birnie

A judge has granted a bid to add former Radio Rentals CEO James Marshall and the beleaguered company’s insurer, AIG Australia, as respondents in a class action, over the protests of Marshall’s lawyer, who said his client couldn’t afford to pay for his defence.

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BHP faces record $7B class action in UK court over Brazil dam collapse
Energy & Natural Resources 2019-05-08 9:48 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Mining giant BHP has been hit with the biggest class action in UK history on behalf of over 235,000 Brazilians claiming more than AUS$7 billion in damages resulting from the disastrous Fundao dam collapse in 2015.

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HWL must produce files in case accusing partner of diverting client funds to pay legal bill
Legal Ethics 2019-05-08 9:06 pm By Amelia Birnie

A judge has dismissed HWL Ebsworth’s claims of a “fishing expedition” and granted discovery of a slew of  internal documents relevant to allegations a partner at the law firm encouraged a company’s directors to unlawfully divert insurance proceeds to pay almost $150,000 in legal bills.

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Vodafone, TPG to take ACCC to court over opposition to $15B merger
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-05-08 3:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Vodafone and TPG will file a Federal Court challenge to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s opposition to their proposed $15 billion merger, teeing up the biggest merger challenge ever heard by the court.

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High Court orders Rinehart family feud out of the spotlight
Arbitration 2019-05-08 3:45 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has sided with Gina Rinehart in relation to a dispute with two of her children over billions of dollars in iron ore mining assets, saying the matter should be heard in arbitration.

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