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Ferroglobe accuses ASX company of using confidential IP after failed collaboration
Intellectual Property 2023-07-19 10:52 pm By Gareth Baker

Ferroglobe has claimed a Queensland technology company used its confidential information in new patent applications, as the global specialty metals producer races to protect its IP before the applications are published.

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Political reporter Peter van Onselen breached agreement with Ten, court says
Employment 2023-07-14 12:56 pm By Gareth Baker

A court has found that former Network Ten political editor Peter van Onselen breached a non-disparagement clause in an agreement with the broadcaster by criticising his old employer in an article penned for the The Australian.

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‘Commercial nonsense’ ruling shot down in AMP lease dispute
Real Estate 2023-07-11 10:16 pm By Gareth Baker

Willis Australia has won an appeal against its landlord, AMP Capital, with a court ruling the insurance broker is entitled to withdraw notice it gave in December 2019 to renew its office lease. 

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‘Aldi bag of cash’ suit against Holding Redlich resolved, court hears
New South Wales 2023-07-07 1:32 pm By Gareth Baker

The NSW Labor Party has agreed to drop its case against law firm Holding Redlich for providing allegedly negligent advice over a $100,000 illegal cash donation delivered in an Aldi shopping bag.

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Hotel detention legal, but lacked ‘care and humanity’, judge says
Human Rights 2023-07-06 10:27 pm By Gareth Baker

A federal court judge has slammed Australia’s use of makeshift hotel detention centres as lacking “ordinary human decency”, but ruled they are not illegal in the case of a Kurdish refugee who was held for 14 months in two Melbourne hotels. 

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AFP can’t get first impression trial in childcare operators’ defamation case
Defamation 2023-07-05 5:25 pm By Gareth Baker

A judge has knocked back a bid by the Australian Federal Police to have an upcoming trial over an allegedly defamatory press conference run on a stripped-back ‘first impression’ basis.

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Peru sour after failed bid to trade mark pisco
Intellectual Property 2023-07-04 5:07 pm By Gareth Baker

The government of Peru has appealed a ruling that rejected its bid to trade mark the alcoholic spirit pisco, after an IP Australia delegate found Aussie consumers think of more than Peruvian pisco when they see the name.

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Stalled $2B Central Barangaroo development in legal privilege stand-off
Construction 2023-06-30 10:47 pm By Gareth Baker

The NSW government and the former developer of a stalled $2 billion Central Barangaroo development project are headed for a discovery showdown in their $270 million stoush, with both sides fighting to protect what they say are privileged communications.

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HWL Ebsworth’s claim of exhausted discovery in partner spat ‘puzzling’, judge says
Business of Law 2023-06-29 10:47 pm By Gareth Baker

A judge has criticised HWL Ebsworth’s discovery efforts and ordered the law firm to try again in the firm’s dispute with a former partner claiming the company cut him out of a proposed ASX float in 2020. 

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Class action slams Carnival’s ‘bizarre’ bid for law firm’s strategy docs
Class Actions 2023-06-29 11:00 pm By Gareth Baker

A Shine Lawyers class action over norovirus outbreaks on Carnival’s Sun Princess cruise ship has called an attempt to see documents outlining its strategy for the case “abusive” and “bizarre”, as the cruise operator continues its fight to have the suit struck out. 

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