The events described by an ex-Master Builders Association board member read like a best-seller, involving as they do boardroom drama, a secret investigation and an alleged whistleblower. But as thrilling as they sound, they don’t support orders for discovery against the construction lobby group, a judge has said.
A real estate agency in Victoria has lost a suit seeking the payment of its advertising costs from a former client, with a judge finding that writing ‘TBA’ in the contract defeated the consumer protection purpose of rules for real estate agents.
The federal government has approved a battery energy storage system in the Western Downs region in Queensland in just 19 days.
J&J-owned Janssen Pharmaceutica has sued Juno Pharmaceuticals, alleging the Australian off-patent drug maker is threatening to infringe its patent for a schizophrenia drug by seeking to list its own products on the PBS.
Private equity firm Goldstone has lost its bid to disqualify a judge from a damages hearing after he found it liable for shareholder oppression of its managing director.
Baker McKenzie has recruited two new partners from King & Wood Mallesons and Allens to bolster the ranks of its tax and energy practices.
A contest to run a class action against Paladin Energy played out Monday, with two law firms each positioning themselves as the better bet, one for their funding and resources, the other for their contingency fee rate.
The funder of a class action over the Morrison government’s Robodebt scheme will seek a 15 per cent commission at an upcoming settlement approval hearing, a court has heard, after the case settled for a record $548.5 million.
Alinta Energy has won an urgent injunction against former contractors working on the Wagerup power station in Western Australia, saying delays on the project have caused daily losses of $137,000 in revenue since mid-July.
The ACCC has taken Microsoft to court, alleging the software giant misled 2.7 million customers of its 365 product suite into believing they had to subscribe to its AI assistant Copilot, knowing they were sceptical of the new product.
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