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Court deals blow to live exports class action as case ticks into 11th year
Class Actions 2025-06-05 11:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne

In a blow for the plaintiffs in a long-running class action over the government’s life exports ban, a judge has found that no additional cattle would have been exported to Indonesia in 2012 and 2013 if the ban had not been in place. 

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Fonterra faces underpayments class action investigation
Class Actions 2025-06-02 11:39 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Fonterra may face a class action for allegedly underpaying lab technicians since 2018, as the dairy co-op seeks to offload its Australian food unit.

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ACCC has concerns about $475M merger of rural retailers Elders, Delta
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-05-29 11:08 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The ACCC has raised concerns about the proposed acquisition by ASX-listed Elders of Delta Agribusiness, saying it could reduce competition in agriculture products.

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Class action investigation launched into herbicide’s links to Parkinson’s disease
Product Liability 2025-05-19 1:36 pm By Christine Caulfield

A class action investigation is underway into alleged links between the herbicide paraquat and Parkinson’s disease.

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Facing Glencore’s US antitrust suit, Louis Dreyfus can grill former trader in Sydney
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-04-28 11:19 pm By Sam Matthews

Facing a US antitrust suit by Glencore, global agribusiness Louis Dreyfus BV has won its bid to examine Sydney resident Mark Allen, a former Glencore trader and current CEO of agri-finance firm Thera Capital.

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‘Further or in the alternative’ no problem in bovine gene patent suit: court
Intellectual Property 2025-04-08 11:23 pm By Sam Matthews

A group of Australia’s leading beef and dairy companies has failed to strike-out a suit alleging their genetic testing system for cattle infringes the patent of a US genomics company, with a judge rejecting objections to the phrase ‘further or in the alternative’.

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Salmon had to do it: New case targets Albanese fish farm carve-out in enviro law
Environment 2025-04-02 11:39 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The Bob Brown Foundation has launched a legal challenge in the Federal Court against legislation that exempts industrial salmon farms from a key environmental law.

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Quintis misled the market, but class action’s loss narrative lost the case
Class Actions 2025-02-25 11:50 pm By Christine Caulfield

In tossing the sixth securities class action to go to trial in recent years, a Federal Court judge has shown the task of proving shareholder loss is a doozy.

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Despite repeated errors by lawyers, Advanta wins time to pay seed patent fee
Intellectual Property 2025-01-30 5:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Despite failing a second time to make the deadline, Advanta Seeds has won an extension to pay a renewal fee for its patent for a lucrative hybrid canola plant cell.

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Graincorp class action seeks to bring toxicity claims
Agriculture 2024-12-20 4:44 pm By Andy Sidler

Graincorp may face new allegations in a class action that the use of n-Hexane at an oilseed factory in rural Victoria had an impact on the health of local residents. 

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