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Court fines Webjet $9M for misleading air travelers about bookings
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-07-28 11:34 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has signed off on a $9 million penalty against online flight bookings service Webjet for misleading air travelers about prices and bookings.

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Appeal filed in failed patent suit over Apple’s Touch ID, Face ID tech
Intellectual Property 2025-07-28 11:55 pm By Christine Caulfield

A patent holding company is challenging the dismissal of its infringement case over Apple’s Touch ID and Face ID technology.

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Crown sued by iProsperity liquidators as part of efforts to recover $400M
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-07-28 11:01 pm By Christine Caulfield

Crown Casino faces court action by the liquidators of iProsperity Group, seeking the return of $55 million in company funds they say were gambled away by its directors, two of which have since left Australia.

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Olympian sues sporting body for defamation over misconduct sanction
Defamation 2025-07-28 11:55 pm By Andy Sidler

A three-time Olympic figure skater has sued the NSW Ice Skating Association, alleging that a notice it circulated to members regarding a sexual misconduct finding and ban imposed by the US Centre for SafeSport was defamatory.

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Reject Shop says it shouldn’t be on hook for class action’s ‘basic legal error’
Class Actions 2025-07-25 11:54 pm By Sam Matthews

The Reject Shop is fighting a class action’s bid to reconstitute an “empty” class in an underpayments case, saying it shouldn’t be on the hook for tens of millions in claims because of a “basic legal error” by the applicant’s lawyers.

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BHP worries about class action rewriting case after misinterpreting report
Class Actions 2025-07-25 11:55 pm By Andy Sidler

BHP has pushed back on reply submissions in a shareholder class action which the energy company says mistakenly interpret an internal report as putting the risk of collapse of BHP’s wastewater dam in Brazil at 25 to 50 per cent. 

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Receiver wins court orders over Sydney properties of Dyldam director
Construction 2025-07-28 11:51 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has ordered the sales proceeds of Western Sydney properties linked to former Dyldam director Sam Fayad to be paid into court, saying there was an arguable case that the sales were intended to defraud creditors.

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KKR invests $500M in Australian renewables company CleanPeak
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-07-28 11:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Private equity giant KKR has committed $500 million to speed the growth of CleanPeak Energy, an Australian company providing renewable energy solutions to blue-chip players in the commercial and industrial sectors.

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iProsperity liquidators pursue Crown for $55M in gambling losses
Real Estate 2025-07-28 11:05 pm By Christine Caulfield

The liquidators of iProsperity Group want Crown to repay $55 million in company funds they say were gambled away by the real estate funds manager’s directors.

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Quintis class action says disclosure-linked share price drop ‘common sense’
Appeals 2025-07-25 11:12 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The judge who tossed a class action by Quintis’ shareholders should have found a restatement of assets would have materially affected the sandalwood company’s share price “as a matter of common sense”, a court has been told.

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