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OpenAI has successfully blocked an Australian company’s bid to trade mark the name of an AI immigration service that uses the suffix ‘GPT’.
Transgrid resolves Melbourne BESS contractor’s $11M case over union dispute
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A lawsuit against Transgrid by the winning bidder for a contract to build a substation for the Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub, which sought $11 million in extra costs and damages for alleged union disruptions, has been settled.
Charter Hall can respond to Pitt St developer’s reply evidence in $100M suit
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A judge has allowed Charter Hall to respond to developer Pro-Invest’s expert evidence in a case claiming $100 million in damages for the lost opportunity to build a 26-storey hotel in the Sydney CBD.
Star Entertainment’s plan to exit Queen’s Wharf venture collapses
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Star Entertainment will be on the hook for $41 million to its Queen’s Wharf partners after an agreement to sell its stake in the Brisbane entertainment venture fell through.
Solicitor beats appeal in negligence case over rescinded property sale
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An appeals court has declined to revive a negligence case against a solicitor accused by a former client of failing to advise him on key clauses in a rescinded $1.7 million sale contract.
$3.9B undersea cable Marinus Link gets final tick of approval
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Construction of an underwater cable connecting Tasmania’s hydroelectricity to the mainland — slated to pump $3.9 billion into the economy — has secured final approval.
Mayne Pharma flags late evidence concerns in suit over $672M Cosette merger
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Mayne Pharma has said it may seek to shut out US drug maker Cosette’s expert evidence in proceedings over the purported termination of their $672 million merger.
PE firm Goldstone can’t appeal oppression ruling before damages
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Private equity firm Goldstone has lost its bid to lodge an appeal before damages are determined, after a judge found it invalidly terminated its managing director’s employment for standing in the way of a deal with her business partner’s son.
Convicted accountant Vanda Gould loses appeal in fight with ATO
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A Sydney accountant who was jailed in 2019 for perverting the course of justice has lost his latest battle with the tax office, with a judge tossing four taxation appeals by related entities after finding his evidence about over $21 million in wrongly claimed tax deductions was “entirely lacking in credibility”.
Super Retail Group faces underpayments class action probe
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Rebel Sport owner Super Retail Group is facing a possible class action for allegedly underpaying staff at its stores since 2019.