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Seek won’t cut off Employment Hero while court case plays out
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-07-23 11:43 pm By Christine Caulfield

Seek has agreed to maintain Employment Hero’s access to its programming platform pending the outcome of the start-up’s court action, which accuses the job listings giant of misusing its market dominance.

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Seek faces misuse of market power case by Employment Hero
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-07-21 11:56 pm By Christine Caulfield

HR company Employment Hero has launched legal action against investor and rival Seek, alleging the hiring giant has breached competition laws by terminating access to its API.

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Atlantic Nickel can’t dodge new version of mining company’s $1B case
M&A 2025-07-18 11:51 pm By Christine Caulfield

Atlantic Nickel has lost a challenge to further amendments to a case by failed suitor Mining Services International that alleges it lost the opportunity to purchase a Brazilian mine now valued at over $1 billion.

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Domain resolves REA Group’s case over alleged data scraping
Intellectual Property 2025-07-10 11:20 pm By Christine Caulfield

Real estate portal Domain has reached a settlement in a lawsuit by News Corp-owned REA Group that accused its rival of misleading conduct and infringing its copyright in property photos and floor plans.

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Rival real estate portals REA, Domain resolve case
Real Estate 2025-07-10 11:16 pm By Christine Caulfield

Real estate portals Domain and REA Group have settled a lawsuit that alleged Domain scraped photos and floorplans from REA’s exclusive listings for its property reports.

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Full Court upholds quash of ‘Fanatics’ trade mark in stoush with AFL merch maker
Intellectual Property 2025-07-09 11:59 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Full Court has upheld the cancellation of a US sports merchandise company’s ‘Fanatics’ trade mark, agreeing it knew about Australian AFL merchandise maker FanFirm’s trade marks when it chose its name. 

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SkyCity investor wants to sue execs to recoup $67M penalty
Securities 2025-07-08 11:08 pm By Andy Sidler

A SkyCity shareholder is seeking leave to launch a case against former executives and directors for their alleged role in the mismanagement of the casino’s money laundering risk, which last year resulted in a $67 million penalty.

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Aristocrat can’t get gambling disorder info from class action members
Class Actions 2025-07-08 11:56 pm By Sam Matthews

Aristocrat has lost its bid to question class action members about whether they have a gambling problem ahead of mediation, with a judge saying it called for “self-diagnosis” and would not yield reliable results.

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Court finds bar on anti-competitive contracts doesn’t apply to land
Construction 2025-07-07 11:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge hearing a dispute over a lot in Victoria’s Merrifield Business Park has found that the Competition and Consumer Act’s bar on contracts that substantially lessen competition does not apply to a market in land.

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Till Payments can’t fight ‘royal commission’-style doc bid over capital raise claims
Fintech 2025-07-03 11:48 pm By Andy Sidler

Investors in Till Payments have won discovery for a possible suit over $43 million in alleged losses suffered after it was sold for just $47 million following a $200 million capital raise, with a judge rejecting arguments that the bid amounted to a royal commission. 

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