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Court won’t block investor in Sam Altman-backed AI firm from voting on share sale
Corporate 2025-04-30 11:43 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has declined to make orders blocking a general meeting of the members of Cryptai, a company with a significant shareholding in Sam Altman-backed Ai company Rain Neuromorphics, in order to consider a share sale.

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Foxtel wins security in $12M dispute over download patent
Intellectual Property 2025-04-30 2:25 pm By Andy Sidler

The owner of a patent for software allowing users to download live television that is suing Foxtel for $12 million has been ordered to cough up $260,000 in security.

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King & Wood Mallesons hires merger reform pro from ACCC
ACCC 2025-04-30 11:03 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

King & Wood Mallesons has made a key hire, luring a competition pro who worked on the ACCC’s merger reform team just months before a new mandatory merger review framework is set to take effect.

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MinterEllison lawyers call for apology from Roberts-Smith’s silk
Appeals 2025-04-29 11:21 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

In their fight against oral subpoenas they say are fishing for broader grounds of appeal, counsel for two MinterEllison lawyers said on Tuesday that a silk acting for Ben Roberts-Smith should apologise for remarks in open court last week.

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High Court to hear law firm client’s appeal over interest on costs
Business of Law 2025-04-29 10:59 pm By Sam Matthews

The High Court has agreed to hear an appeal by a doctor who says the law of unjust enrichment entitles him to over $1.4 million in interest on a $900,000 sum that his lawyers repaid to him amid a fight about his legal fees.

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Suncorp units, TAL to pay $34M to settle add-on insurance class action
Class Actions 2025-04-29 11:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Two Suncorp units and insurer TAL Life have agreed to pay $34 million to settle a class action over allegedly worthless add-on insurance sold at car dealerships.

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Qube takes $70M SOPA spat with Martinus Rail to High Court
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-04-30 11:52 pm By Christine Caulfield

Logistics company Qube wants the High Court to clarify the scope of an adjudicator’s role in determining a contractor’s payment claims under the SOP Act.

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KWM-repped Stonepeak acquires major stake in IOR Group
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-04-30 11:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

Infrastructure and real asset investment firm Stonepeak has entered a deal to acquire a 75 per cent interest in Queensland-based commercial fuel and logistics provider IOR Group.

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Linchpin investors to get $7.2M in class action settlement with AIG
Class Actions 2025-04-29 11:10 pm By Andy Sidler

An investor class action against failed advisory firm Linchpin Capital has sought court approval of a $12.15 million settlement with insurer AIG, which will leave 176 group members to share in $7.2 million after deductions.

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ACCC can bring misleading conduct claims against printer supplier
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-04-29 11:04 pm By Andy Sidler

The ACCC has won court approval to bring claims against two companies in liquidation alleging they  engaged in unconscionable and misleading conduct in the sale of printing cartridges and cleaning chemicals. 

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