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Acciona’s bid to acquire the $500 million East Rockingham waste-to-energy project in Western Australia is facing more uncertainty after the ACCC said it had paused its review of the proposal.
Gilbert + Tobin beefs up real assets team with Blackstone hire
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Gilbert + Tobin has strengthened its real assets team with the appointment of a partner recruited from global asset manager Blackstone.
Court awards Google adtech class action prize to cooperating law firms
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A judge has spiked Piper Alderman’s class action alleging Google abuses its dominance in digital advertising, favouring a competing case run jointly by two other firms, despite suggesting such arrangements hinted at lawyers “passing the prize around”.
High Court confirms employers must consider redeployment before redundancy
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The High Court has upheld a decision that found Helensburgh Coal should have tried to redeploy 22 workers it dismissed as redundant and replaced with contractors.
Mayne denies continuous disclosure breaches in feud with Cosette
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Mayne Pharma has denied US drug maker Cosette’s claims it breached its continuous disclosure obligations in relation to US FDA concerns about marketing for its Nextstellis contraceptive, as the drug makers spar over their $672 million merger.
Oxford Nanopore brings patent infringement case against MGI
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Genomic sequencing company Oxford Nanopore Technologies has sued MGI Australia alleging infringement of four patents covering nanopore technology.
K&L Gates nabs Deloitte tax partner with transfer pricing dispute chops
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K&L Gates has bolstered its tax disputes offering, snagging a partner from Deloitte with experience in transfer pricing controversies for its Sydney office.
Barrister moves to disqualify cavoodle case judge over lunch with silk
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A Sydney barrister who won defamation proceedings against Nine over an Instagram-famous cavoodle has sought to disqualify a judge from hearing a dispute with her solicitors over costs, citing a lunch he had with Nine’s silk.
Former FWC senior president charged with possessing child abuse material
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A legal academic and former senior president of the Fair Work Commission is facing charges after child abuse material allegedly flashed on his screen during a lecture at Monash University.
Lion Property Group entities wound up, as Victoria Police eyes liquidators’ report
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A judge has made winding up orders against companies connected to Lion Property Group and allowed Victoria Police to access a confidential report from the luxury Melbourne developer’s provisional liquidators.