Class action seeks emails, board notes from Woolworths execs
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Class Actions April 24, 2019 12:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A shareholder class action against Woolworths related to its downward revision of a 2015 profit guidance is seeking emails and other documents from a slew of current and former company executives, including the grocery chain’s former Chairman and CEO, who departed in the wake of disappointing financial results.

PE company sues to enforce $161M arbitration award against Spain
Arbitration April 24, 2019 10:45 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Two units of private equity company Antin Infrastructure Partners have taken their legal battle with Spain to Australian court, filing a lawsuit to enforce a $161 million arbitration award related to investments the companies made in two solar plants in southern Spain.

Sanofi drops injector pen patent case against Alphapharm
Intellectual Property April 24, 2019 8:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

After losing its fight for a temporary injunction, Sanofi-Aventis has dropped its patent lawsuit against Alphapharm over the generic drug maker’s plans to market a competing insulin injector pen in Australia.

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Generic drug maker Juno can’t withdraw admission ahead of trial over Velcade patent
Intellectual Property April 24, 2019 1:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has refused an application by generic drug maker Juno Pharmacueticals to withdraw an admission in a battle with Millennium Pharmaceuticals over its cheap version of breakthrough cancer drug Velcade, denying Juno a potential defence to allegations of patent infringement.

Wagners takes Boral to court in costly cement pricing dispute
Construction April 24, 2019 10:04 pm By Christine Caulfield

Building products supplier Wagners has taken its largest cement customer, Boral, to court in a dispute over pricing, and will take a $10 million hit to its 2019 earnings as a result.

Qantas can’t appeal sacked worker’s late unfair dismissal case
Employment April 24, 2019 11:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

Qantas has failed in its bid to appeal a decision by the Fair Work Commission to allow a terminated employee’s late unfair dismissal application to proceed because the worker’s solicitor was to blame for the delay.

Lawyerly holiday publishing schedule
Article April 24, 2019 8:20 pm By Christine Caulfield

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Ernst & Young might get dragged into Slater & Gordon class actions
Class Actions April 23, 2019 4:48 pm By Christine Caulfield

Accounting firm Pitcher Partners, which is facing two shareholder class actions over auditing work for Slater & Gordon, is considering filing claims of its own against the law firm’s current auditor, Ernst & Young.

Former eBay in-house counsel wins $875,000 defamation award
Defamation April 23, 2019 11:23 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A former in-house counsel for eBay that has resorted to waiting tables after losing his job following the publication of defamatory material by a US gun dealer implying he’s a hacker who lied about his legal credentials has been awarded $875,000 in damages.

After drawing scrutiny from judge, toxic foam class action funding structure revealed
Product Liability April 23, 2019 10:41 pm By Christine Caulfield

The sought-after commission at the centre of an unsuccessful common fund application in a class action over the use of toxic foam at a RAAF base near Katherine, NT has been revealed as 15% of any gross recovery in the case plus up to three and a half times the funder’s costs.

Appeals court revives $20M tip fire class action against NSW council
Class Actions April 23, 2019 3:07 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

An appeals court has revived a class action against a NSW council over loss and damage resulting from a 2009 tip rubbish fire, and awarded […]

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Funder in class action against RMBL wants 30% commission if case drags on past August
Class Actions April 23, 2019 9:13 pm By Christine Caulfield

The litigation funder backing a consumer protection class action against mortgage lending and investment firm RMBL Investments will earn a step-up commission of 30% if […]

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Sydney Zoo’s planned launch draws more legal scrutiny
Environment April 23, 2019 9:00 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

After putting to rest a trademark dispute with the Taronga Zoo, the still unopened Sydney Zoo is facing another legal challenge from a competing zoo […]

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