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Victoria can’t set aside disclaimer on hazardous waste at rental property
Real Estate 2025-04-10 11:20 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The state of Victoria can’t set aside a liquidator’s disclaimer over hazardous waste in a property rented by collapsed marine safety flooring company Fordex, with a judge finding the landlord’s rights over the property and waste were not terminated by the disclaimer.

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Mills Oakley snags real estate, financial services partners for Melbourne office
People In The News 2025-04-10 11:47 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Mills Oakley has hired two new partners for its financial services and national property teams.

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AIG reaches settlement in Linchpin investor class action
Settlement 2025-04-07 3:59 pm By Christine Caulfield

A class action brought by investors of failed advisory firm Linchpin has reached a settlement with insurer AIG — the last remaining defendant in the case.

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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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