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AkzoNobel waived privilege over document audit log in suit over Ichthys LNG: court
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-04-08 3:55 pm By Andy Sidler

Paint maker AkzoNobel must produce a document history log that includes embedded comments from its lawyers at Clayton Utz, in a dispute over alleged defective coating used on the $45 billion Ichthys natural gas project.

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GM moves to strike out class action’s ‘circular’ pleading
Class Actions 2025-04-03 4:49 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has said he is satisfied that GM’s concerns about a class action’s “circular” explanation of alleged design flaws in certain Holden vehicles are “not trivial”. 

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StrongRoom AI unit warns creditors to sort out freezing orders fast
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-04-03 4:57 pm By Sam Matthews

A unit of collapsed start-up StrongRoom AI has warned creditors of its parent company that recent freezing orders need to be tweaked to allow it to continue trading, or there may be little money left to argue over. 

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Origin cops $17.6M penalty in action by Victoria’s essential services watchdog
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-03-24 11:51 pm By Christine Caulfield

Origin Energy has been ordered to pay a record $17.6 million after admitting it breached Victoria’s energy rules, impacting over 670,000 customers.

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Russian aluminium company can’t appeal win for Rio Tinto in High Court
High Court 2025-03-13 11:00 pm By Christine Caulfield

Russian company UC Rusal has lost a High Court leave bid after an “extremely harsh” finding that Rio Tinto was entitled to refuse alumina deliveries because of export sanctions.

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4 ways the High Court could go on CFOs
Class Actions 2025-03-04 11:27 pm By Christine Caulfield

As the High Court hears oral arguments this week on the reach of power to make common fund orders for firms and funders bringing class actions, Lawyerly gives a cheat sheet on what the justices could do.

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Lundbeck, Sandoz end long-running Lexapro patent war
Intellectual Property 2025-02-27 11:06 pm By Christine Caulfield

Pharmaceutical giant Lundbeck has resolved its battle with Novartis unit Sandoz over top-selling drug Lexapro, a battle that has raged for years and across multiple courts.

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Baker McKenzie lures partner back to tax group
Business of Law 2025-02-26 11:41 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A transfer pricing pro who spent ten years as a partner at Baker McKenzie has rejoined the firm’s tax practice after a stint in-house.

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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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Shareholder class action against EY, Quintis founder dismissed by court
Class Actions 2025-02-24 9:44 am By Christine Caulfield

Although finding the former director of Quintis and its auditor, EY, engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct, a judge has dimissed a class action by the sandalwood producer’s shareholders.

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