Law Firms

Warburg Pincus has upped its offer to acquire Ingenia Communities, but the proposal still requires the company to abandon its acquisition of land developer Peet.

Mobile gaming company Playtika wants to stay the lead plaintiff’s claims in a novel class action alleging its online social casino games run afoul of interactive gambling laws, citing an arbitration clause in its terms and conditions. 

Coles can't file more expert evidence in its fight over the ACCC's rejection of its purchase of a leasehold interest in a Kalgoorlie site, with a tribunal finding the supermarket had a chance to respond to the ACCC's "novel" harm theory.

Credit ratings agency Fitch has lost its bid for financial information about three Lloyd’s insurance syndicates which are providing after-the-event coverage in a class action over synthetic collateralised debt obligations. 

A judge has granted a bid by Martinus Rail to stay the enforcement of a $26 million judgment in a dispute with Qube over Sydney’s $4 billion Moorebank Intermodal Terminal, saying it was a practical solution in light of the “ongoing litigious saga” between the parties.

A judge has hit the liquidators of failed construction giant Ralan with costs following an adjourned hearing, but declined to find the use of AI was cause for an adverse costs order.

The owners corporation of an apartment complex in the Sydney suburb of Burwood are suing for at least $1.3 million over alleged fire safety defects.

A judge has approved a bid by the plaintiffs in a class action over the compulsory acquisition of land for Sydney’s $16 billion WestConnex to discontinue the case, after a breakdown in their relationship with the funder. 

Three construction specialists have departed Norton Rose Fulbright for Hicksons, saying the firm's size provided better value and flexibility for clients. 

The AFL might be dragged into a competition case by trading card company Select Cards accusing memorabilia maker SEP of misuse of market power, a court has heard.