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ASIC questions rent-to-own company’s challenge to $7.4M penalty
ASIC 2025-12-22 4:17 pm By Sam Matthews

ASIC has questions about the “bona fides” of a rental company’s appeal of a $7.4 million penalty for unlawful loan agreements, telling a court it needs to see evidence about the “very rapid decline” of the company’s financial position.

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Drug makers back in court five years after settling case over Merck TM
Intellectual Property 2025-12-19 11:17 pm By Sam Matthews

German drug maker Merck KGaA is fighting US drug company Merck Sharp & Dohme over the alleged use of the ‘Merck’ mark in Australia, five years after their intellectual property spat was settled. 

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Melbourne Rebels directors grilled on ‘startling’ inability to explain tax case
Tax 2025-12-10 4:43 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has called out the directors of failed Super Rugby club Melbourne Rebels for their “startling” inability to explain their case against the club’s administrators and the tax office.

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Delta Power hits back at ASIC market manipulation case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-12-04 11:51 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Delta Power & Energy, the owner of the Vales Point coal-fired power station in NSW, will defend ASIC proceedings accusing it of manipulating the market for electricity futures contracts by arguing that it acted honestly. 

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Ex-Deloitte partner replaced for aspects of Mosaic liquidation
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-12-01 11:55 pm By Andy Sidler

Special purpose liquidators have been appointed to failed clothing retailer Mosaic Brands, after a judge found a reasonable apprehension of bias arising from liquidator Vaughan Strawbridge’s former link to Deloitte.

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Judge content to keep $4M Geocon construction dispute in Federal Court
Construction 2025-11-12 11:55 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge who previously questioned why Geocon’s $4 million construction dispute over two Canberra developments was in the Federal Court has said he will continue to hear the case.

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‘You’ve been too slow’, judge tells applicant in Sony Playstation class action
Class Actions 2025-11-06 11:54 pm By Sam Matthews

The judge overseeing a class action alleging Sony used restrictive trade practices to block competition with its Playstation store has told the applicant to get “a bigger team” on the slow-moving case. 

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Judge questions jurisdiction over Geocon’s $4M spat with development partners
Construction 2025-10-29 11:55 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge wants answers on why builder Geocon has filed a $4 million construction dispute over two Canberra developments in the Federal Court, where a separate fight with its joint venture partners is playing out. 

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Apple, Google say orders sought by Epic Games go ‘well beyond’ case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-10-17 11:37 pm By Sam Matthews

In the wake of a judgment that Apple and Google misused their market power in running their app stores, the tech giants are fighting injunctions proposed by Epic Games, which they say go beyond the case argued at trial.

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Court rejects ‘entirely unwarranted’ attack on Allens solicitors in fight over lift IP
Intellectual Property 2025-08-22 11:10 pm By Sam Matthews

A court has dismissed a lift supplier’s appeal of a decision rejecting its claim of breach of confidence against a rival, including an “entirely unwarranted” attack on solicitors at Allens over the use of documents obtained by “internet-savvy” search techniques.

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