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Dentons nabs DLA Piper construction partner
Dentons has lured a construction and infrastructure law expert with over 20 years of experience from DLA Piper to its partnership.
City Beach appeals $14M penalty in ACCC’s first button battery case
Fashion retailer City Beach is challenging a $14 million penalty secured by the ACCC in the consumer regulator's first enforcement action for breaches of button battery safety standards.
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Acciona can’t access Kanadevia Inova docs in waste-to-energy spat
A judge wants more information before allowing Acciona employees to access documents from the company's Swiss rival and co-defendant in a dispute over the receivership of the East Rockingham waste-to-energy project. 
Judge rejects Apple’s bid for $1M in security in patent appeal
A judge has rejected Apple's bid for $1 million in security for costs for a patent-holding company's appeal in its failed IP case over the tech company's Touch ID and Face ID technology.
Former CTO’s adverse action case against ZScaler suppressed
Cloud security company ZScaler has won its bid to suppress court documents in a Fair Work case filed by its former chief technology officer in Australia, in what is becoming a new norm in employment proceedings in the Federal Court. 
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BHP wins spat with Aquila over mining tenement boundary
An appeals court has handed BHP a win in a dispute with Aquila Steel over the boundary between their neighbouring mining tenements, rejecting Aquila’s “fanciful” argument about the construction of a 58-year-old document.
ASIC questions rent-to-own company’s challenge to $7.4M penalty
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.
High Court sides with Bed Bath ‘N’ Table, says Full Court ‘conflated’ TM, consumer laws
The High Court has unanimously granted home retailer Bed Bath N’ Table’s appeal of a ruling that retailer House did not engage in misleading and deceptive conduct in setting up its Bed & Bath stores.
AFL wins strike-out of OHS claims in concussion class action
The AFL has won its bid to strike out occupational health and safety claims from a class action over its concussion management practices.
Geelong seeks to quash OHS claims in concussion class action
The Geelong Football Club has launched a bid to summarily dismiss or strike out claims alleging breaches of occupational health and safety regulations in a concussion class action against the AFL.