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In a first, EnergyAustralia has been ordered to pay $14 million for breaching the Electricity Retail Code by misleading customers about prices.
AI next big issue in construction, says new Colin Biggers & Paisley partner
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The construction industry is bracing for new risks brought about by the use of artificial intelligence in design and planning of large projects, says a new partner at Colin Biggers & Paisley.
Class action over $85M Clydesdale development loses injunction bid
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A class action by frustrated buyers over the $85 million sale of a Sydney development has failed to prevent the sale of lots, with a judge finding the class action’s claims lack evidence.
Biotech files new patent suit against Samsung Bioepis over Crohn’s drug
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Samsung Bioepis can’t get indemnity costs from Janssen Biotech after it surrendered patents for Crohn’s disease drug Stelara and filed a fresh case based on new patents for the drug.
ACCC clears Lendlease’s $1.3B property deal with Stockland
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The ACCC will not oppose Lendlease’s plan to sell a portfolio of residential projects to Stockland for $1.3 billion after accepting Stockland’s plan to divest a project in Illawarra.
Full Court confirms FOI requests survive ministry reshuffles
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Former senator Rex Patrick has defeated the Attorney General’s appeal of a ruling which clarified that a loophole cannot be used to avoid Freedom of Information requests when a minister leaves office.
Appeal filed to set aside $112M Robodebt class action settlement
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An appeal is seeking to set aside the $112 million Robodebt class action settlement to bring new claims on the back of damning revelations in a royal commission report.
Dentons chair says he ‘abhors’ offensive statements in anti-vax report
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Dentons Australia chair and CEO Doug Stipanicev has hit back at claims made in a lawsuit by a former partner over an article he shared that spewed anti-vaccine conspiracy theories.
Lawyers ‘made themselves protagonists’ in Super Retail case, court told
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Super Retail Group has sought production of communications between two former executives and their solicitors ahead of a fight to disqualify the lawyers from acting in the employment dispute.
Vanguard hit with record $12.9M penalty in ASIC greenwashing case
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Vanguard Investments has been ordered to pay a penalty of almost $13 million for misleading the public about its $1 billion “ethically conscious” hedge fund.