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Green Critical Minerals in deal to develop graphite for data centres
Technology 2025-04-23 11:29 pm By Sam Matthews

Green Critical Minerals has signed a deal with Australian data centre operator GreenSquareDC to develop heat management products with VHD graphite.

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Judge ‘happy to let ASIC flounder’ in FIIG cyber enforcement case
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-04-22 11:20 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has lambasted the corporate regulator’s decision to yield to FIIG Securities’ pleadings demands in its sophomore cyber enforcement case, but said he was “happy to let ASIC flounder” if it would not put up a fight.

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Law firm left ‘boxing at shadows’ ahead of Hyundai, Kia class action fight
Class Actions 2025-04-11 4:00 pm By Sam Matthews

Applicants in class actions against Hyundai and Kia have complained they are being left in the dark about whether a competing set of cases will amend their pleadings ahead of next month’s law firm carriage fight.

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TeleChoice close to ‘minimal’ settlement in franchisee class action
Justice Lisa Nichols 2025-04-11 3:15 pm By Sam Matthews

A franchisee class action against TeleChoice, which sought to share in commissions won in separate litigation against Optus, is in settlement talks, but the mobile retailer says the plaintiffs can’t expect much.

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Judge allows tweak to ratings suit against S&P ahead of trial
Securities 2025-04-11 11:03 pm By Sam Matthews

The applicant in a suit against S&P over alleged defective ratings can tweak its pleadings ahead of a June trial, with a judge rejecting S&P’s argument the changes introduce a new case.

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Trial pushed off in sprawling litigation over Greensill collapse
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-04-10 11:41 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has agreed to delay a trial by five months in a group of cases over supply chain finance company Greensill’s $1.7 billion collapse, over the vehement protests of the firm’s administrator.

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Dexus must sell stake in $1.7B shopping centre to Macquarie after failed appeal
Real Estate 2025-04-11 11:27 pm By Sam Matthews

An appeals court has rejected Dexus’ challenge to a finding that it must sell its 50 per cent stake in Sydney’s largest suburban shopping centre to Macquarie Retail, saying its arguments contradicted the “evident commercial purpose” of the contracts at issue.

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Qube wins clearance from competition cop to buy MIRRAT with conditions
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-04-10 3:27 pm By Sam Matthews

Port logistics giant Qube has won the ACCC’s blessing to buy port operations provider MIRRAT under the condition that it agree to not discriminate against downstream competitors at the Port of Melbourne.

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Fiancé of Bondi Junction stabbing victim sues Nine over social media photos
Media 2025-04-09 1:50 pm By Sam Matthews

The fiancé of Bondi Junction stabbing victim Dawn Singleton has sued publisher Nine for copyright infringement, alleging its news outlets used pictures taken from his social media accounts without permission. 

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‘Further or in the alternative’ no problem in bovine gene patent suit: court
Intellectual Property 2025-04-08 11:23 pm By Sam Matthews

A group of Australia’s leading beef and dairy companies has failed to strike-out a suit alleging their genetic testing system for cattle infringes the patent of a US genomics company, with a judge rejecting objections to the phrase ‘further or in the alternative’.

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