A judge has approved a bid to discontinue a class action against Apple over updates that allegedly “throttled” the performance of iPhones, after the lawyers running the case failed to secure litigation funding.
Under proposed reforms to NSW tenancy laws, businesses that publish misleading photographs of rental penalties will face penalties of up to $22,000 and face new requirements for securing renters’ personal data.
Jones Day has lured a real estate expert from Clayton Utz to join its Brisbane office as a partner.
The University of Newcastle has been hit with a class action alleging students were misled into studying an engineering degree that lacked professional accreditation and left them unable to apply for employment.
Centuria Capital Group has divested an office block in Sydney’s southern suburbs for $116 million after holding it for nine years.
Thomson Geer has snagged two workplace relations partners and their 15-person team from Holding Redlich for its Brisbane office.
ASX-listed Investment manager Regal Partners has acquired 50 per cent of real estate investment platform Ark Capital Partners, as well as a five-star luxury hotel in Adelaide for $75 million.
Fawkner Property Group has acquired a shopping centre in Far North Queensland for $34 million, its third recent shopping centre purchase in the region.
A judge has OK’d a settlement in a class action against Treasury Wine Estates, along with $27 million in fees charged by Maurice Blackburn and Slater & Gordon, after initially questioning the difference between the firms’ rates.
A real estate developer based in the Victorian town slated as the location for a waste-to-energy plant has lost its challenge to the proposed project.