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Star accepts $300M takeover offer from Balley’s
M&A 2025-04-07 11:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Star has agreed to a $300 million deal that will see the embattled company taken over by US-based casino operator Balley’s.

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KordaMentha sues to wrest control of Whyalla port from Sanjeev Gupta
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-04-08 11:02 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

KordaMentha has filed a lawsuit to force Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance to turn over the port at OneSteel’s Whyalla plant in South Australia, arguing the court should doubt a GFG unit’s claims to a lease for the port.

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Lendlease loses Campbelltown land fight with Macarthur-Onslow family
Construction 2025-04-08 11:55 pm By Sam Matthews

Lendlease has lost a lawsuit seeking to enforce a $120 million purchase agreement for five properties in Campbelltown, with a judge finding its failure to meet the conditions of sale for one key property meant the deal was off.

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AkzoNobel waived privilege over document audit log in suit over Ichthys LNG: court
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-04-08 3:55 pm By Andy Sidler

Paint maker AkzoNobel must produce a document history log that includes embedded comments from its lawyers at Clayton Utz, in a dispute over alleged defective coating used on the $45 billion Ichthys natural gas project.

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Judge extends freeze on $25M in Main Beach development spat
Construction 2025-04-08 11:39 pm By Andy Sidler

A developer has won an extension of a freeze on $25 million held in escrow in its dispute with a builder over payment claims for a Main Beach high-rise, after it filed an appeal.

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HopgoodGanim bolsters energy transition offering with new partner
Business of Law 2025-04-08 11:08 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

HopgoodGanim has snagged a partner from HFW with in-depth experience in renewables to support the firm’s clients in the transition to net zero.

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Queensland energy class action can’t avoid defence costs pending appeal
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-04-07 11:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

A failed class action against Queensland utilities Stanwell and CS Energy can’t delay payment of what might be in excess of $30 million in defence costs while it pursues an appeal, but has dodged a penalty for running a case the companies said was hopeless.

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Medibank can’t shield Deloitte reports from data breach class action
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-04-04 11:37 pm By Sam Matthews

Medibank has been ordered to give a class action copies of reports by Deloitte into a massive data breach in October 2022, in a judgment made public on Friday and already facing appeal by the health insurer.

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High Court to weigh in on relevance of reputation in passing off claims
Intellectual Property 2025-04-04 3:36 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court will weigh in on the relevance of reputation in passing off claims, taking up an appeal by Bed Bath N’ Table of a finding that rival retailer House did not engage in misleading and deceptive conduct in setting up its Bed & Bath stores.

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Herbert Smith Freehills, Kramer Levin join forces in landmark law firm merger
Business of Law 2025-04-05 12:01 am By Christine Caulfield

Herbert Smith Freehills and NY-based Kramer Levin have merged to form a world-first transatlantic and transpacific law firm.

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