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Liquidators settle case over collapse of funder Centaur Litigation
Liquidators of failed Centaur Litigation have reached a settlement in their lawsuit against the accountant of fraudster Scott Williams, who was accused of lying to hide his knowledge of a Ponzi scheme that misappropriated $32 million and led to the collapse of the funder.
Optus hit with $25k criminal fine over lax political donation disclosures
Telecom giant Optus has been hit with a $25,000 criminal fine after pleading guilty to four charges of failing to disclose political donations in its development applications.
ANZ mulled repricing controversial $2.5B capital raising, ASIC claims
ANZ Bank executives briefly considered relaunching and repricing a botched $2.5 billion equity capital raising at the heart of two groundbreaking enforcement actions, and the decision by the share placement's underwriters to instead pick up a $790 million shortfall deprived investors of lower priced shares, a court has been told.
Novel challenge to IP Australia’s building patent grant dropped
A case simultaneously challenging IP Australia's decisions to accept, grant and certify an innovation patent owned by one of Australia's biggest building product companies has been withdrawn, a court has heard.
Judge calls for joint expert report in ASIC’s insurance churn case against AMP
An argument over the admissibility of an expert report produced by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission in its insurance churn case against AMP was sidestepped Monday, with a judge proposing experts from both sides instead file a joint report in the case.
Corner Hotel takes aim at Birdland partner jazz club with trade mark lawsuit
Melbourne-based pub and music venue The Corner Hotel has filed a trade mark lawsuit against a jazz club formed in partnership with iconic New York club Birdland, as it continues to do battle with McDonald's for allegedly infringing its "Corner" trade marks.
Court slashes record $2.5M fine against CFMMEU over two-day strike
An appeals court has reimposed penalties against the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union, its NSW branch and nine officials for unlawful industrial action at Barangaroo, but dropped the total fine from $2.5 million to $1.7 million.
ITC opens investigation into patent infringement by solar giants
The US International Trade Commission has opened an investigation into alleged patent infringement by solar companies  JinkoSolar, LONGi Solar and REC Group, after Korean solar company Hanwha Q CELLS filed two related proceedings in Australian court alleging the companies are infringing its solar technology.
Addisons partner can inspect documents in Bega, Fonterra trade mark dispute
Bega Cheese has presuaded a court to allow a partner from Addisons Lawyers to access select confidential documents, expanding the confidentiality regime at the heart of its dispute with Fonterra Brands over an allegedly violated trade mark licence agreement.
Fight over funder’s ‘secret’ side deal in Arasor class action continues
A judge has scheduled a two-day hearing to hear a dispute between investment group Caason Investments, a lead applicant in a shareholder class action against defunct laser technology company Arasor that settled last year for $19.25 million, and Singapore-based litigation funder International Litigation Partners over personal costs allegedly owed to the investment group under a "secret" side agreement.