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‘Suboptimal’: Judge takes Monsanto to task for its approach in Roundup class action
Deciding an “unusually difficult” costs application, a judge has declined to award Monsanto all of its costs for defending a class action alleging its Roundup weed killer is carcinogenic, saying the agrochemical giant should have pushed harder for a split trial. 
In boon for class action, judge finds Noumi’s shares traded at inflated price
A judge has signed off on an agreed-to $5 million penalty against Noumi in ASIC proceedings for violating its continuous disclosure obligations and found the food company's non-disclosures caused it shares to trade at an inflated price.
Firm to foot Monsanto’s legal bill in Roundup class action, but costs order limited
Plaintiff firm Maurice Blackburn will foot the bill for the unsuccessful class action against Monsanto over weed killer Roundup, but the company's reluctance to split the trial in two has come back to bite it.
Monsanto defeats class action alleging weed killer Roundup causes cancer
A judge has dismissed a class action alleging Monsanto's Roundup weed killer is carcinogenic but did not go so far as to say it definitively does not cause cancer, while also dressing down the lawyers for both sides for causing delays in the case.
Class action against Noumi lays claim to $5M penalty in ASIC case
Noumi has agreed to pay a $5 million penalty for violating its continuous disclosure obligations in a case brought by the corporate regulator, but the applicant in a shareholder class action against the food company says the sum should be reserved to compensate group members. 
‘Alarming’: ASIC suspects ex-Keystone boss may have used investor funds to buy home
A judge has expressed concern about the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's suspicion that a former director of Keystone Asset Management may have used investor funds to purchase a house in his wife’s name, calling it "alarming".
As Roundup trial wraps up, Monsanto says class action has ‘finger on scales’
Defending allegations that its popular weed killer Roundup is carcinogenic, agrochemical giant Monsanto has accused the class action of having its “finger on the scales” when presenting scientific evidence to the court.
‘No safe level of exposure’ to Roundup, class action tells court
A class action against agrochemical giant Monsanto has told the court that there is “no safe level of exposure” to carcinogens allegedly present in the company's popular weed killer Roundup. 
Monsanto loses bid to throw out ‘cut and paste’ expert evidence in Roundup class action
Monsanto can't throw out the evidence of an expert for the plaintiff in a class action over its Roundup product who has testified that the company engaged in criminal conduct in trying to bury scientific reports on the popular weed killer's alleged cancer-causing properties.
New crop of Victorian silks appointed by top judge
Several class action counsel and an IP expert are among twenty-five new silks appointed in Victoria.