In Google carriage fight appeal, Piper Alderman claims law firms’ cooperation anti-competitive

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Piper Alderman claims a judge erred in finding there was no evidence that an agreement between Maurice Blackburn and Phi Finney McDonald to cooperate in running an ad tech class action against Google was struck for an anti-competitive purpose.

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Retirement village’s fee hike a case of ‘double dipping’, says tribunal

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A residential land lease community in NSW’s Central Coast must repay residents for a fee hike after a tribunal ruled the contractual term providing for the increase involved “double dipping” to account for inflation.

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Intrapac unit sues Casey Group for ‘underhand’ real estate transaction

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Intrapac unit Brencorp has filed a suit against Casey Group, alleging the rival property developer devised an “underhand” deal to swindle it out of the acquisition of a golf club in southeast Melbourne.

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Public Hospitality venues in receivership ahead of Adgemis bankruptcy hearing

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Deutsche Bank has appointed receivers to five pubs owned by Public Hospitality Group ahead of a bankruptcy hearing against the group’s owner and former KPMG partner, Jon Adgemis.

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ASX tried to silence whistleblower, hide failures from RBA, lawsuit says

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A former contractor at the ASX has alleged the securities exchange was “embarrassed” by governance failures relating to a $200 million technology modernisation program and sought to hide the issues from the Reserve Bank of Australia. 

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Telstra reaches settlement with ACCC in case over Belong speeds

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Telstra has reached an agreement with the consumer regulator after a court found the telco misled thousands of broadband customers about the speed of its budget internet provider, Belong.

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Clive Palmer’s $300B claim over WA law shot down by international tribunal

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Clive Palmer has lost a battle over Western Australian legislation shielding the state from the fallout of a decision barring a proposed Pilbara iron ore project, with a tribunal finding it had no jurisdiction to hear the $300 billion case.

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Hall & Wilcox hits back at Hastie liquidator’s claim over $18M bill

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Hall & Wilcox has struck back at proceedings by the liquidators for collapsed construction group Hastie, saying they have failed to specify why its $18.6 million legal bill incurred in suing two dozen builders is unreasonable.

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