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Epic Games takes competition battle with Apple to Australia
Epic Games, maker of the popular Fortnite game, has taken its courtroom battle with Apple to Australia, hitting the tech giant with a lawsuit for allegedly abusing its market power.
Insurer appeals ruling putting it on hook for Opal Tower coverage
Insurer Liberty Mutual is challenging its loss in a coverage dispute with construction company Icon Co over $31 million in losses stemming from Sydney's Opal Tower, whose residents were evacuated after cracks appeared in the tower's walls on Christmas Eve in 2018.
Ex-Linchpin Capital director can’t put disqualification challenge on ice
A former director of defunct financial services company Linchpin Capital, who is facing a class action as well as civil penalty proceedings by ASIC, can't put the brakes on his challenge to a five-year disqualification order by the regulator.
Class action filings leap in Victoria as lawyers eye contingency fees
Class action filings in the Victoria Supreme Court have more than doubled in 2020, a trend that's likely to hold as law firms take advantage of a new law allowing them to earn contingency fees for running successful class actions.
McDonald’s franchisee hit with $82,000 penalty for ‘systemic’ denial of drink and toilet breaks
A McDonald's franchisee has been ordered to pay $82,000 in penalties for systemically denying workers drink and toilet breaks and misleading them about their break entitlements, providing fuel for a class action investigation into the US fast food chain for allegedly denying workers rest breaks.
Pfizer loses discovery lawsuit against Sandoz over Enbrel biosimilar
A judge has dismissed Pfizer's bid for preliminary discovery to pursue a possible patent infringement case against drug maker Sandoz over a generic version of its blockbuster rheumatoid arthritis biologic Enbrel.
High Court won’t hear Kraft, Bega peanut butter trade dress dispute
The High Court won't wade into Kraft-Heinz's intellectual property dispute with Bega after the US food giant came up short twice its battle over the right to use its peanut butter trade dress in Australia.
Funder of live export class action doesn’t need AFSL to sign up new group members
The group providing funding to claimants in a class action against the federal government over its 2011 ban on live cattle exports to Indonesia does not have to comply with new rules requiring litigation funders to obtain an AFSL and operate as a managed investment scheme in order to sign up new group members.
Judge rejects public interest immunity argument over war crimes docs in Ben Roberts-Smith case
The chief of the Australian Defence Force has lost a bid to keep information obtained by a war crimes inquiry from three news publishers defending against a defamation suit by war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith.
In loss for Seiko, High Court adopts patent exhaustion doctrine
The High Court has ruled that a patentee's rights to control what can be done with a patented product after it is sold are "exhausted" upon sale.