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No contrition, but Fortrend avoids big penalties in spat with Shaw & Partners pair
Employment 2025-05-06 11:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has ordered Fortrend Securities to pay $181,000 in penalties after finding it unlawfully withheld the bonuses of two financial advisers who jumped ship to rival Shaw & Partners, saying the lower penalties were appropriate despite “not a word of contrition”. 

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Allens-repped Rio Tinto in $75M deal for Yarraloola Project
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-05-07 11:16 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Rio Tinto has put down $75 million for Zanthus Resources’ interest in the Yarraloola Iron Ore project assets in Western Australia’s Pilbara region as part of a joint venture with Mitsui & Co and Nippon Steel.

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A&O Shearman lures third Norton Rose Fulbright partner
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-05-07 11:06 pm By Andy Sidler

Recruiting its third partner from Norton Rose Fulbright in 18 months, law firm A&O Shearman has welcomed leading energy finance lawyer Lisa Koch to its Perth office. Koch was most recently head of Norton Rose Fulbright’s Sydney office, where she led the project finance team and co-led the mining group. She has expertise in the…

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Momofuku restaurant loses challenge to instant Ramen maker’s trade mark
Intellectual Property 2025-05-06 11:19 pm By Sam Matthews

Famed restaurant chain Momofuku has lost its challenge to the ‘Momofuku’ word mark of instant noodle giant Nissin, with IP Australia finding consumers were not likely to be deceived or confused because of the different goods and services provided by the two companies.

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Strip search class action plaintiff wants $130K for ‘humiliating’ inspection, trial hears
Trials 2025-05-05 11:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The lead plaintiff in a class action alleging police conducted thousands of unlawful strip searches at music festivals in NSW has sought $130,000 in damages on the first day of trial against the state. 

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Woodside’s $16.5B Scarborough gas project faces another legal challenge
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-05-06 11:19 pm By Andy Sidler

Woodside is facing another legal challenge to its $16.5 billion Scarborough gas project, in what an environmental group called a “test case” for how NOPSEMA will assess greenhouse gas emissions from energy projects. 

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The Gosford developer remains locked out of $37M judgment against Chinese builder
Construction 2025-05-06 11:28 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A stay of a $37 million 2023 judgment in favour of the company behind an abandoned $185 million development in Gosford NSW against the Australian arm of China’s Shanxi Construction Investment Group has been extended.

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Mineralogy wins access to top CITIC exec’s emails in Sino Iron legal saga
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-05-06 2:28 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy can access the content of email inboxes of two senior executives at engineering firm CITIC in a feud over the $12 billion Sino Iron project in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. 

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K&L Gates snags energy partner from Baker McKenzie
Baker McKenzie 2025-05-06 11:41 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

In the latest expansion of its energy, infrastructure and resources team, K&L Gates has lured the former co-head of Baker McKenzie’s Australia energy group to join the firm.

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Seven hits back at suit over Lerhmann interview, says settlement breached by ex-Spotlight producer
Defamation 2025-05-05 11:38 pm By Christine Caulfield

Seven has gone on the offensive in a lawsuit by former Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach that alleges the broadcaster breached a settlement deed and defamed him, arguing it was Auerbach who broke the terms of their agreement. 

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