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Ex-RBA official Christian Boillot jailed for 2.5 years over bribery scandal
Former Reserve Bank of Australia official Christian Boillot was sentenced Thursday to a two and a half years' suspended jail term over his role in a conspiracy to bribe foreign officials to win banknote business.
Ramsay Health Care’s Nuramel trade mark beats off challenge
Ramsay Health Care has defeated a challenge to its Nuramel trade mark for a brand of infant formula, with IP Australia saying while the mark was an exact anagram of Biofarma's Munarel, it wasn't deceptively similar.
ASIC filing puts spotlight on ANZ treasurer in $2.5B capital raising case
ANZ treasurer Rick Moscati was at the centre of a flurry of phone calls and meetings with underwriters and other bank executives on the day the underwriters agreed to pick up a $791 million shortfall in a $2.5 billion capital raising, an agreement which has led to groundbreaking cases by two regulators, according to a new court document.
As AMP royal commission witness retires, class action parade begins
AMP's advice executive Jack Regan, the witness who aired the firm's fees-for-no-service dirty laundry at the Royal Commission, has retired, a day before five law firms compete to lead a class action over the scandal.
ACCC takes internet provider Activ8me to court for false advertising
Internet provider Activ8me is in hot water with the consumer regulator for a second time this year, facing court action over allegedly false and misleading claims about the cost, speed and data limits of its internet packages.
B. Braun launches appeal in IV catheter patent case
Medical device maker B. Braun Melsungen is appealing a ruling that invalidated its intravenous catheter patents and dismissed allegations of infringement against rival Becton Dickinson.
Class action over botched breast surgery survives declassing bid
A chain of cosmetic surgery clinics has lost its fight to have a class action of over 200 patients allegedly injured by botched breast augmentation surgery discontinued as a representative proceeding.
Ernst & Young says previous Quintis auditor should share any blame
Accounting giant Ernst & Young, which is accused in a class action of misleading and deceptive conduct in signing off on the 2015 and 2016 financial reports of sandalwood producer Quintis, has named the company's previous auditor as partly to blame in any finding of liability.
Landmark to pay $1M in ACCC case over barley claims
Grain supplier Seednet has agreed to pay $1 million to settle an enforcement action by the consumer watchdog alleging it misled farmers about the performance of its latest barley variety.
Shareholder cases account for 50% of new class actions, report says
Shareholder cases made up half of all class actions filed in the past two years, and are to blame for an "unprecedented spike" in class actions, according to a new report by a leading defence law firm.