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New Aim appeals trade secrets loss over employee’s WeChat contacts
Appeals 2025-08-07 11:54 pm By Christine Caulfield

E-commerce merchandise importer New Aim is challenging the dismissal of its trade secrets case against a former employee, who gave the contact details of the company’s suppliers to a competitor after jumping ship.

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Vitale teams up with Metrics in large-scale Gold Coast land deal
Real Estate 2025-08-07 11:27 pm By Christine Caulfield

With plans to transform it into a mixed-use estate, Queensland developer Vitale Property Group has partnered with Metrics Credit Partners to acquire a large-scale industrial site on the Gold Coast.

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Gilbert + Tobin beefs up real assets team with Blackstone hire
Real Estate 2025-08-07 11:21 pm By Christine Caulfield

Gilbert + Tobin has strengthened its real assets team with the appointment of a partner recruited from global asset manager Blackstone.

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Oxford Nanopore brings patent infringement case against MGI
Intellectual Property 2025-08-06 11:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

Genomic sequencing company Oxford Nanopore Technologies has sued MGI Australia alleging infringement of four patents covering nanopore technology.

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Dexus earns $155.5M from REIT’s Brisbane Technology Park sale
Real Estate 2025-08-06 11:24 pm By Christine Caulfield

Dexus Industria REIT has entered option agreements to sell its 13 Brisbane Technology Park properties for a net $155.5 million.

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Attacked as untenable, Bupa class action faces potential summary dismissal bid
Class Actions 2025-08-04 11:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

A class action against aged care provider Bupa faced tough questions by a judge on Monday, who grilled counsel over the case’s theory of loss. And the answers — rather than reassuring her — raised the spectre of a summary judgment fight.

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Park Hyatt Melbourne sold to KS Hotels in largest hotel deal this year
Real Estate 2025-08-05 11:43 pm By Christine Caulfield

Melbourne’s Park Hyatt Hotel has been sold to Thai group KS Hotels for a reported $200 million, in Australia’s biggest hotel deal of the year so far.

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Mercedes-Benz dealers take $650M case to High Court
Franchises 2025-08-01 11:52 pm By Christine Caulfield

Mercedes-Benz dealers are pressing on with their $650 million battle over the luxury car maker’s move to a fixed-priced agency model, taking their case to the High Court.

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Reject Shop defeats bid to retroactively redraw class action, in fight worth tens of millions
Employment 2025-08-01 11:23 pm By Christine Caulfield

An employment class action against The Reject Shop can redefine group members and amend its claims, but not with retroactive effect that may have exposed the retailer to a case worth tens of millions of dollars.

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Banksia receiver wants release from new case, gets interim injunction
Class Actions 2025-07-31 11:35 pm By Christine Caulfield

The receiver for failed Banksia Securities wants a release from claims stemming from his role, including a case by investors who lost their life savings only to be duped by the class action team that represented them.

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