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BlueScope tried to protect ‘invalid monopoly’ by withholding trade secrets, judge says
Adrian Ryan 2020-01-14 11:55 am By Miklos Bolza Sydney

BlueScope’s decision to hide its trade secrets has doomed its patent infringement lawsuit against South Korean rival Dongkuk Steel, with a judge dismissing the case and invalidating two of the steel giant’s patents.

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Deutsche Bank units sue Spain to enforce $96.3M arbitration award
Arbitration 2020-01-10 4:24 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Two Deutsche Bank subsidiaries have filed Federal Court proceedings against Spain seeking enforcement of a €59.6 million ($96.3 million) award for losses incurred as a result of changes in the country’s renewable regulatory framework.

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Judge signs off on $18M UGL class action settlement
Class Actions 2019-12-18 2:16 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A Federal Court judge has signed off on an $18 million settlement in a shareholder class action against UGL over its Ichthys power plant disclosures under which $8 million will be distributed to shareholders.

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Queensland won’t appeal loss in floods class action
Class Actions 2019-12-13 12:29 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The State of Queensland will not appeal a ruling that found it, as well as the operators of two Queensland dams, were negligent in the 2011 floods in the Southeast region of the state that left over 2,000 homes destroyed.

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Orinoco Gold investor wins bid to inspect books after share value tanks
Energy & Natural Resources 2019-12-12 2:01 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A shareholder of struggling gold company Orinoco Gold has been granted limited access to the company’s books after the firm was placed into administration on the back of an abysmal year on the ASX which saw it share value plummet by more than 97 per cent.

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Squire Patton Boggs defeats negligence case over $12.5M plant renovation dispute
Article 2019-12-09 5:19 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Engineering firm GR Engineering Services has lost a negligence lawsuit brought against law firm Squire Patton Boggs seeking damages from an alleged breach of contract relating to the $12.5 million refurbishment of a gold processing plant in Davyhurst, Western Australia.

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East Timor loses second attempt to shut down $328M fuel supply dispute
Arbitration 2019-12-09 3:05 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

An appeals court has thrown out the Democratic Republic of East Timor’s second bid to stay a case brought against it by Lighthouse Corporation over $328 million in alleged losses stemming from a failed fuel supply contract.

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Arrium liquidators to keep up fight with shareholders over questioning of ex-director
Amelia Smith 2019-12-03 10:31 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Liquidators of collapsed steel and mining company Arrium will challenge a ruling that gave shareholders the greenlight to question a former director to mount a possible class action, and have secured a limited stay of the judgment to lodge a notice of appeal.

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Arrium liquidators can’t stop shareholders from grilling exec for possible class action
Amelia Smith 2019-11-20 11:48 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Shareholders of collapsed steel and mining giant Arrium have won the OK to question a one-time director over possible class action claims that former officers misled the market and that auditor KPMG was negligent in preparing a healthy financial report just two years before the company went under.

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Thiess appeals class action ruling over unpaid wages for bussing to work
Appeals 2019-11-19 2:20 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Mining services company Thiess is challenging a ruling in a class action that put it on the hook for paying workers for time spent bussing to and from their work stations at a construction site on Woodside Energy’s Pilbara-based LNG processing plant.

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