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A class action against failed Fairview Architectural over alleged combustible cladding hangs in the balance as a court sets the stage for a fight with insurer Vero over a $190 million policy.
High Court asked to weigh in on patentability of computer-implemented inventions
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Plumbing company Repipe has asked the High Court to take up its case centred on the controversial issue of patent eligibility for computer-implemented inventions, seeking to overturn a judgment it argues sets a new and impermissible test.
Ben Roberts-Smith ordered shooting of Afghan man, court told as trial resumes
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Australia’s most decorated Afghanistan war veteran, Ben Roberts-Smith, ordered the shooting of an Afghani man during an Easter Sunday patrol, a court has heard.
Christian Porter, silk win stay of $430,000 legal bill in feud with accuser’s friend
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Former Attorney-General Christian Porter and senior barrister Sue Chrysanthou have met with partial success in an eleventh hour bid to halt an order for payment of a $430,000 bill in a court battle with a friend of Porter’s rape accuser.
Uber loses bad faith case, can’t block medical app’s ‘Uberdoc’ trade mark
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Rideshare giant Uber has lost its bid to prevent a Queensland-based healthcare app from registering its ‘Uberdoc’ trademark despite a “high degree of similarity” to a suite of Uber trade marks.
Allens snags corporate tax specialist from PWC
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Allens has lured leading M&A tax lawyer Ellen Thomas from PricewaterhouseCoopers to strengthen the Big Six firm’s expertise in mergers and acquisitions and finance transactions.
Judge questions if ASIC’s proposed $6M penalty against IOOF unit has enough sting
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A judge has raised concerns about a $6 million penalty proposed by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission against IOOF unit RI Advice for failing to rein in an adviser who reaped hefty commissions for steering clients towards risky investments.
In class action defence, Tyro says businesses should have accepted cash during EFTPOS outage
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Fintech Tyro has hit back at a class action brought on behalf of retailers who were unable to process payments because of a days-long terminal outage, arguing they should have accepted cash while their EFTPOS machines were down.
AMP unit settles retired planner’s suit over $1M buyout deal
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A subsidiary of AMP has settled a retired financial planner’s lawsuit accusing the company of using “unfair tactics” to avoid coughing up close to a million dollars owed under a buyout option exercised in November 2019.
Astora Health says $27M best bet for class action members, warns of ‘financial difficulties’
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Astora Women’s Health says group members should accept an open $27 million settlement offer in a class action over its allegedly defective pelvic mesh devices, warning that “financial difficulties” may prevent it from meeting any judgment if the case succeeds at trial.