Gilbert + Tobin

Free TV, the peak body for commercial TV broadcasters including Seven and Nine, has lost its bid for a $2.5 million licence fee to use copyright sound recordings owned by collecting society Phonographic Performance Company of Australia.

AVID Property Group has matched the latest offer by US private equity firm Warburg Pincus in the bidding war for Ingenia Communities, putting it back in the running for the retirement village developer.

Infrastructure fund manager Dexus is adding last month's $30 million costs ruling to its appeal of a decision that found it committed an irremediable breach of APAC's shareholder deed.

Agricultural supply company Tama has lost a lawsuit accusing cotton-harvesting products importer Parterra and distributor Cotton Growers Services of breaching its patent for cotton bale wrapping products.

Real estate developer AVID Property Group has matched an offer from Warburg Pincus to acquired holiday park operator Ingenia Communities.

A New Zealand judge has refused to grant Gilbert + Tobin full access to confidential documents in a trade mark stoush between coffee makers Cantarella and Lavazza, saying the issue should be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.

REA Group must hand over communications with Deloitte in draft versions of a report said to back the real estate listing giant's promotional claim that '9 in 10 buyers' find a home on its site, a claim rival Domain says is misleading and deceptive.

Warburg Pincus has increased its offer to acquire Ingenia Communities after AVID Property Group lobbed a competing offer that valued the holiday park operator at $3.2 billion.

REA Group has been ordered to produce communications with Deloitte in a lawsuit over a promotional claim that rival real estate listings company Domain says is misleading.

Data centre platform AirTrunk has secured a $4.25 billion loan to develop its Western Sydney campus, with Mallesons and Gilbert + Tobin advising on the deal.