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I’m afraid AI can’t do that: Law firms say smart tech uses limited
Ashurst 2023-09-13 11:23 pm By Sam Matthews

While the use of artificial intelligence is becoming more commonplace in law firms, it has not yet transformed the practice of law, with lawyers reporting that concerns about privacy, reliability, and liability mean the application of AI remains limited.

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Hungry Jack’s to take bite out of franchisee’s profits with ‘competing’ restaurants: suit
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-09-12 11:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

Hungry Jack’s faces calls for a court injunction preventing the burger chain from proceeding with plans to open restaurants in close proximity to a franchisee’s sites on NSW’s Central Coast.

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High Court won’t disturb insurers’ win in Pacific Highway case
Appeals 2023-09-07 2:41 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court won’t hear an appeal in a case by Acciona and Ferrovial against three insurers over coverage for loss and damage resulting from heavy rainfall at the site of construction of the Pacific Highway in northern New South Wales.

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ASIC flags penalty privilege fight with Nuix directors
Alice Zheng 2023-09-06 10:12 pm By Sam Matthews

As it readies its civil penalty suit against tech company Nuix for trial, ASIC has flagged a possible dispute about the extent of penalty privilege pleaded by a handful of former and current directors named in the case.

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Monsanto to attack decades of science in Roundup class action, court told
Andrew Clements 2023-09-04 10:25 pm By Sam Matthews

On the first day of a seven-week trial, the applicant in a class action against Monsanto has taken aim at the agrochemical giant’s “same old approach” to undermining decades of evidence it says demonstrates the cancer-causing properties of popular weed killer Roundup.

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Lights out on Hanhwa’s solar cell patent infringement suit
Christian Dimitriadis 2023-09-01 11:57 pm By Christine Caulfield

A solar cell patent at the heart of intellectual property litigation brought by South Korean technology giant Hanwha has been found invalid.

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Bayer’s Monsanto takes Roundup class action to trial
Andrew Clements 2023-09-01 11:38 pm By Christine Caulfield

Agrochemical giant Monsanto is digging in for a fight in a class action over its alleged carcinogenic weed killer, Roundup, having refused to budge in mediation despite a $16 billion settlement in the US.

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BlueScope hit with record $57.5M penalty for attempted price-fixing
ACCC 2023-08-29 11:35 am By Sam Matthews

A judge has hit BlueScope Steel with a $57.5 million penalty for engaging in attempted cartel conduct and ordered a former executive to personally pay a $575,000 penalty.

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Three law firms team up in battle to run class action against Downer
Amy Campbell 2023-08-28 11:31 pm By Sam Matthews

The field of competitors in a four-way contest to run a shareholder class action against Downer EDI over a $40 million profit overstatement has narrowed with the consolidation of three cases, leaving one firm to face criticism over its comparative inexperience running group proceedings. 

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Virgin class action a lawyers’ feast after judge joins insurers
Baker McKenzie 2023-08-22 12:47 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action against Virgin Australia has become a lawyers’ feast, with seven new firms entering the ring after a dozen insurers were joined to the action alleging the airline failed to disclose its true financial position in a $324 million capital raising prospectus.

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