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Foxtel wins security in $12M dispute over download patent
Intellectual Property 2025-04-30 2:25 pm By Andy Sidler

The owner of a patent for software allowing users to download live television that is suing Foxtel for $12 million has been ordered to cough up $260,000 in security.

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MinterEllison lawyers call for apology from Roberts-Smith’s silk
Appeals 2025-04-29 11:21 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

In their fight against oral subpoenas they say are fishing for broader grounds of appeal, counsel for two MinterEllison lawyers said on Tuesday that a silk acting for Ben Roberts-Smith should apologise for remarks in open court last week.

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Suncorp units, TAL to pay $34M to settle add-on insurance class action
Class Actions 2025-04-29 11:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Two Suncorp units and insurer TAL Life have agreed to pay $34 million to settle a class action over allegedly worthless add-on insurance sold at car dealerships.

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Qube takes $70M SOPA spat with Martinus Rail to High Court
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-04-30 11:52 pm By Christine Caulfield

Logistics company Qube wants the High Court to clarify the scope of an adjudicator’s role in determining a contractor’s payment claims under the SOP Act.

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Harry Stamoulis in $200M bid for Melbourne office tower
Construction 2025-04-30 11:51 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Property investor Harry Stamoulis is reportedly in talks to buy an office tower on Melbourne’s Collins Street for $200 million.

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JDA Hotels scoops up landmark Crystal Palace Hotel
Real Estate 2025-04-30 11:11 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Sydney’s landmark Crystal Palace Hotel has been sold after 45 years to Feros family-owned JDA Hotels.

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KWM-repped Stonepeak acquires major stake in IOR Group
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-04-30 11:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

Infrastructure and real asset investment firm Stonepeak has entered a deal to acquire a 75 per cent interest in Queensland-based commercial fuel and logistics provider IOR Group.

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Purchaser of ‘defective’ ACT property loses bid for $5.3M in damages
Construction 2025-04-30 11:13 pm By Andy Sidler

A court has awarded only $100 in nominal damages to the owner of a $5 million industrial site in the ACT, despite finding there was cracking in a concrete slab covered by a warranty. 

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Boab acquires processor for open pit mine for $10M
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-04-30 11:34 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Boab Metals has agreed to buy a processing plant for $10 million from copper ore company Sandfire.

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ACCC can bring misleading conduct claims against printer supplier
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-04-29 11:04 pm By Andy Sidler

The ACCC has won court approval to bring claims against two companies in liquidation alleging they  engaged in unconscionable and misleading conduct in the sale of printing cartridges and cleaning chemicals. 

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