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Jackpot for digital innovation as Full Court broadens test for what is patentable
Analysis 2025-09-17 11:26 pm By Christine Caulfield

It faced defeat at the Full Federal Court and encountered a deadlocked High Court, still Aristocrat persisted in its seven-year fight to get patent protection for the popular Lightning Link poker machine. The long game paid off.

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Piper Alderman hires M&A specialist from Corrs Chambers
Business of Law 2025-09-17 11:58 pm By Christine Caulfield

Piper Alderman has appointed a partner with equity capital markets expertise for the law firm’s corporate team in Perth.

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IP boutique Wrays snags lawyer from KWM to lead trade marks group
Business of Law 2025-09-17 11:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Intellectual property firm Wrays has lured a former special counsel at King & Wood Mallesons to join as the firm’s new head of trade marks. 

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Social media platforms won’t have to verify age of all users, eSafety says
Social Media 2025-09-16 11:23 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The eSafety commissioner has said it will take a “principles-based approach” to the government’s plan to ban social media ban for children under 16, saying platforms will not be required to verify the ages of all users. 

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Judge mulls bidding war for $549M Robodebt settlement admin gig
Class Actions 2025-09-12 1:36 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The judge overseeing the Robodebt class action, which settled this month for a record $548.5 million, may put the settlement administration role out to tender, saying the sum earmarked for the job was “staggeringly large”.

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Mastercard fights win for ACCC over in-house counsel communications
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-09-12 11:30 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Facing allegations that it misused its market power with major retailers, Mastercard is challenging a ruling for the ACCC that lays bare discussions about merchant agreements involving inhouse lawyers.

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High Court won’t hear unreasonable transaction case over Adelaide CBD property mortgage
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-09-15 11:58 pm By Christine Caulfield

The liquidator of a company created to invest in an Adelaide building has failed in a High Court bid to reinstate a finding that the mortgage over the property was an unreasonable director-related transaction.

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Clayton Utz recruits private equity pro from Allens
M&A 2025-09-12 2:19 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Clayton Utz has snagged a senior partner from Allens’ mergers and acquisitions team to become its head of private equity. 

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Property Council blames Victoria land tax for student housing bottleneck
Real Estate 2025-09-10 11:53 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Victoria’s student housing pipeline has surpassed NSW, but most projects are still at the approval stage, according to a Property Council report which expressed concerns the state’s land taxes are slowing development.

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Lander & Rogers hires new disputes partner from Holding Redlich
Business of Law 2025-09-08 2:16 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Lander & Rogers has welcomed an administrative law pro as a partner in its Sydney-based commercial disputes team.

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