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Bickford’s looks to protect ‘Spritz’ trade mark from cancellation
Intellectual Property 2025-06-25 11:40 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has consolidated two cases in the Federal Court in which beverage maker Bickford’s is defending its ‘Spritz’ trade mark against bids for cancellation.

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Unfair to deprive Maurice Blackburn of higher fees in class action run with Slaters: judge
Class Actions 2025-06-24 11:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has OK’d a settlement in a class action against Treasury Wine Estates, along with $27 million in fees charged by Maurice Blackburn and Slater & Gordon, after initially questioning the difference between the firms’ rates.

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Rex administrators win more time to negotiate airline’s sale
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-06-24 11:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has approved a bid by administrators of Rex to delay the next creditors’ meeting to continue talks with several potential buyers of the regional airline.

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Judge from Maurice Blackburn puts self-imposed ban on firm’s cases
Class Actions 2025-06-23 11:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has recused himself from hearing a class action against Fletcher Building, and has imposed a ban on presiding over any cases involving Maurice Blackburn for a period of time.

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No change to Ford class action damages after High Court win
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-06-23 11:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has kept intact a lead applicant’s award of damages in a class action over alleged defective Ford vehicles, following a High Court decision, siding with neither party on what the figure should be.

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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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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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Shine client can’t get costs agreement set aside despite 600% increase
Business of Law 2025-06-18 11:34 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A Queensland tribunal has refused to set aside a costs agreement between Shine Lawyers and a former client, despite invoices blowing out to more than six times the original estimate, finding the matter had already been dealt with in a costs assessment. 

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Piper Alderman, former GC named in Godfrey Hirst’s trade secrets case
Intellectual Property 2025-06-17 11:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Carpet giant Godfrey Hirst has brought proceedings against its former general counsel and former law firm Piper Alderman, alleging they were involved in a scheme to give confidential information to a rival

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Buildcorp entitled to payment for variation works to Blues Point Tower: court
Construction 2025-06-17 11:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The owners of the Blues Point Tower in the Sydney harbourside suburb of McMahons Point must cough up additional payments to builder Buildcorp after it undertook remediation work on the heritage-listed tower. 

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