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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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Fonterra accused by ACM of inducing milk suppliers to break agreements
Contracts 2025-07-21 11:32 pm By Andy Sidler

Dairy distributor Australian Consolidated Milk has lodged proceedings against competitor Fonterra, alleging the cooperative encouraged suppliers to break their exclusive supply agreements by offering a better price.

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Judge raises concerns Blue Sky shareholder class action ‘drifting’
Class Actions 2025-07-21 11:55 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge has expressed worries that a class action against EY and collapsed Blue Sky Alternative Investments is “drifting” amid concerns from the defendants about “indulgent” discovery and potentially “significant” pleading changes.

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Solicitor removed from roll over profanity-laden emails to Mills Oakley
Legal Ethics 2025-07-21 11:55 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A Sydney lawyer who sent profanity-laden emails to a Mills Oakley partner during a dispute with the Salvation Army and his mother-in-law over payment of a refundable deposit has been struck off the roll.

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DePuy class action member’s appeal may involve novel issue for Full Court
Class Actions 2025-07-21 11:26 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A challenge to a compensation determination by a group member in a class action against Johnson & Johnson unit DePuy may involve novel questions for the Full Court on the role of scheme administrators, a judge has said.

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Crown Resorts to pay $73M to settle shareholder class action
Class Actions 2025-07-18 11:27 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Casino operator Crown has agreed to pay $73 million over two years to settle a shareholder class action accusing it of lax money laundering compliance, with solicitors set to take home $20 million.

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Banksia class action members launch case against Arnold Bloch Leibler, partner
Business of Law 2025-07-18 11:50 pm By Christine Caulfield

Arnold Bloch Leibler and a litigation partner at the law firm are among defendants named in a new case for their representation of the mastermind behind the scandal-ridden Banksia Securities class action.

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Dyldam directors on hook for $50M in case over alleged misuse of funds
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-07-22 10:49 am By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has ordered Dyldam Developments’ former boss Sam Fayad and his two sons to pay over $50 million in a case by the liquidator of a special purpose vehicle claiming company funds were misused. 

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United Petroleum property manager had no authority to negotiate lease: court
Real Estate 2025-07-21 11:37 pm By Andy Sidler

A court has found that United Petroleum is not bound by the terms of a signed lease offer sent to a neighbouring Gold Coast pharmacy operator, ruling the company’s property consultant had no authority to negotiate or enter into a new lease on its behalf. 

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Indigenous group to get cut of profits in first-of-its-kind BESS deal
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-07-21 11:47 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Ashurst has advised renewable energy company AMPYR Australia on a novel equity partnership and participation model with the Aboriginal community for a battery energy storage system in NSW’s Central Western Slops region.

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