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Vehicle Management Systems wins extension to renew patents after forgetting to pay fees
Intellectual Property 2025-05-02 11:59 pm By Andy Sidler

A company that manufactures vehicle sensing technology used to monitor public parking has been allowed more time to renew its patents, despite opposition from rival SARB.

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Private equity expert joins King & Wood Mallesons from Clayton Utz
Business of Law 2025-05-02 11:34 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A specialist private equity lawyer with over 20 years of experience has joined King & Wood Mallesons private capital team as a partner.

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DLA Piper hires technology partner from Hogan Lovells
Business of Law 2025-05-01 11:24 pm By Sam Matthews

DLA Piper has hired a former Hogan Lovells counsel to serve as a partner in its Sydney based technology practice.  Technology and real estate lawyer Mark Bennett joins the firm from Hogan Lovells, where he served as special counsel. The third partner appointed to the firm in Australia since the new year, Bennett has over…

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Blockchain Global director owes developer $10.3M in Bitcoin, court rules
Cryptocurrency 2025-04-30 11:44 pm By Christine Caulfield

A former cryptocurrency boss who faces a criminal investigation by ASIC is on the hook for a $10.3 million Bitcoin payout to a former employee, a court has found.

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HSF infrastructure pros launch legal, advisory firm
People In The News 2025-05-01 11:35 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Two former Herbert Smith Freehills partners who specialise in infrastructure law have joined forces to launch  a new legal and advisory firm.

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King & Wood Mallesons hires merger reform pro from ACCC
ACCC 2025-04-30 11:03 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

King & Wood Mallesons has made a key hire, luring a competition pro who worked on the ACCC’s merger reform team just months before a new mandatory merger review framework is set to take effect.

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Linda Reynolds sues Commonwealth, HWL Ebsworth over $2.4M Brittany Higgins settlement
Politics 2025-04-28 2:48 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Western Australian senator Linda Reynolds has filed a lawsuit against the federal government and HWL Ebsworth over a $2.4 million settlement with former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins.

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Judge criticises Roberts-Smith’s claim that MinterEllison lawyers ‘thrown under bus’
Defamation 2025-04-28 11:04 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has taken issue with an argument by disgraced solider Ben Roberts-Smith that a Nine journalist threw his solicitors “under the bus”, saying it suggested the MinterEllison lawyers engaged in misconduct in the absence of an appeal claim against them.

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K&L Gates snags projects partner from White & Case
K&L Gates 2025-04-24 11:46 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

K&L Gates has hired a White & Case partner with over 25 years of experience on major projects to join its Melbourne office.

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‘Far-fetched and uncommercial’ take on PPAs rejected in spat over NT power plants
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-04-23 11:17 pm By Christine Caulfield

Electricity provider Rimfire Energy has prevailed in a fight with the builders of two power plants in the Northern Territory, winning $1.4 million in damages for a four-year delay in reaching target operating dates.

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