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Funder hit with costs in failed class action against EY, Quintis director
Class Actions 2025-06-20 11:03 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The funder of a failed class action against the founder of sandalwood producer Quintis and EY and has been hit with costs, despite arguing the order would set a bad precedent. 

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Light & Wonder says Aristocrat’s Dragon Link info not trade secrets
Intellectual Property 2025-06-20 2:23 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Gaming company Light & Wonder has hit back at Aristocrat’s intellectual property case, arguing that allegedly confidential information about the popular Dragon Link poker game was not trade secrets. 

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Element Zero to fight Fortescue’s bid for 9M docs seized under search order
Intellectual Property 2025-06-19 11:32 pm By Sam Matthews

Green iron start-up Element Zero has said it will fight Fortescue’s bid to access nearly nine million documents collected under a controversial search order in the mining giant’s case alleging former employees misappropriated its process for carbon dioxide-free iron. 

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CoreLogic can’t get more details in BCI’s data scraping case
Intellectual Property 2025-06-19 11:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

US-based analytics company CoreLogic has lost its bid for further particulars in building information provider BCI’s case alleging it scraped content from its LeadManager platform to improve a competing product and procure customers. 

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Employee infringed company’s copyright by downloading files, court finds
Intellectual Property 2025-06-06 11:49 pm By Sam Matthews

A court has found that an employee of a custom keycap business breached her fiduciary duties and infringed the company’s copyright when she launched a competing business using unlawfully downloaded company templates.

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Funder behind failed class action against Quintis director, EY fights costs order
Class Actions 2025-05-01 11:53 pm By Andy Sidler

The funder that backed a failed shareholder class action against an ex-Quintis director and EY is fighting a bid for a third-party costs order, arguing such orders shouldn’t be imposed on funders where there is no doubt they will pay up.

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Element Zero loses appeal of search orders in Fortescue trade secrets case
Intellectual Property 2025-03-14 11:42 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Green iron start-up Element Zero has lost its latest bid to set aside search orders in a case by Fortescue alleging former employees misappropriated its process for carbon dioxide-free iron. 

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Another failed class action hopes for better luck at Full Court
Appeals 2025-03-13 11:02 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Full Federal Court’s docket for 2025 is stacked with class action appeals after a bad run for plaintiffs at trial.

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Court rejects NAB super trustee’s bid for first-ever class action indemnity costs
Class Actions 2025-02-26 4:38 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A court has refused to order the applicant in a failed class action against NULIS Nominees to pay indemnity costs, but has confirmed that so-called Calderbank offers can operate in group proceedings.

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Quintis misled the market, but class action’s loss narrative lost the case
Class Actions 2025-02-25 11:50 pm By Christine Caulfield

In tossing the sixth securities class action to go to trial in recent years, a Federal Court judge has shown the task of proving shareholder loss is a doozy.

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