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ASIC accuses Snaffle of hefty price markups, excessive interest charges
Retail 2025-05-22 1:36 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Australia’s corporate watchdog has taken Snaffle to court, alleging the online retailer inflated prices and charged excessive interest under credit contracts.

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ASIC takes Resimac to court for ‘one size fits all’ approach to hardship claims
Financial Services 2025-05-21 12:53 pm By Christine Caulfield

New enforcement action by the corporate regulator accuses home loan manager Resimac of letting down thousands of financially struggling customers who filed hardship applications.

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Apple defeats patent infringement suit over Touch ID technology
Intellectual Property 2025-05-15 3:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Apple has defeated a claim by an Australian non-practicing entity that its patents for a remote entry system were infringed by the tech company’s Touch ID and Face ID technology. 

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Western Power, Ventia equally liable for costs orders in Parkerville bushfire case
Class Actions 2025-05-14 11:03 pm By Sam Matthews

Western Power, Ventia, and a property owner found jointly liable for loss arising from the Parkerville bushfire are equally liable to each other for any costs orders in favour of the plaintiffs in the case, after a judge found he could not disturb existing costs orders in a new proceeding.

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DLA Piper hires technology partner from Hogan Lovells
Business of Law 2025-05-01 11:24 pm By Sam Matthews

DLA Piper has hired a former Hogan Lovells counsel to serve as a partner in its Sydney based technology practice.  Technology and real estate lawyer Mark Bennett joins the firm from Hogan Lovells, where he served as special counsel. The third partner appointed to the firm in Australia since the new year, Bennett has over…

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‘Far-fetched and uncommercial’ take on PPAs rejected in spat over NT power plants
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-04-23 11:17 pm By Christine Caulfield

Electricity provider Rimfire Energy has prevailed in a fight with the builders of two power plants in the Northern Territory, winning $1.4 million in damages for a four-year delay in reaching target operating dates.

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High Court to weigh in on relevance of reputation in passing off claims
Intellectual Property 2025-04-04 3:36 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court will weigh in on the relevance of reputation in passing off claims, taking up an appeal by Bed Bath N’ Table of a finding that rival retailer House did not engage in misleading and deceptive conduct in setting up its Bed & Bath stores.

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WA public housing landlord points to ‘limited resources’ in class action defence
Class Actions 2025-04-01 11:53 pm By Sam Matthews

Western Australia and its public housing landlord have denied a class action’s allegations that Indigenous people living in remote communities were overcharged for substandard public housing.

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Acciona settles dispute over $511M waste-to-energy plant
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-03-18 11:50 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Spanish infrastructure company Acciona has resolved proceedings over a contract for the construction of a $511 million waste-to-energy plant in Western Australia.

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Dentons settles case by property partner who says chair sent anti-vax email
Employment 2025-03-03 11:11 pm By Christine Caulfield

Dentons has reached a settlement with a former real estate partner who claims he was forced to resign from the law firm and accused the firm’s Australian chair of sharing an anti-vaccine email.

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