A judge has put a proposal for a common fund order in a class action against sandalwood producer Quintis on hold as the court awaits judgment in an historic challenge to the power of courts to make common fund orders.
US company Branhaven has won leave to amend its cow genome patent after a judge dismissed opposition by industry bodies Meat & Livestock Australia and Dairy Australia as “flimsy” and “bizarre”.
Agricultural giant Cargill has been ordered to hand over documents to Glencore regarding its use of an unauthorised type of barley before and after its $420 million acquisition of malt producer Joe White.
A shareholder class action led by Bannister Law against sandalwood oil producer Quintis will be absorbed by rival law firm Gadens in a consolidation agreement that ends a battle over the competing cases.
The judge overseeing a fraudulent concealment trial over Cargill’s $420 million purchase of the Joe White malt business has reaffirmed an earlier ruling allowing an in-house counsel at Glencore to access documents related to the possible sale of Cargill’s malting business.
The former managing director of Murray Goulburn will be hit with a $200,000 penalty for being knowingly concerned in false representations made by the dairy producer to farmers about the farmgate milk prices it would pay during the 2015-16 milk season.
A judge applied the “wrong test” when he considered the reputation of a trade mark in an infringement case alleging the marks of rival meat processors were deceptively similar, a Full Federal Court has found.
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.
Murray Goulburn and its former CEO have reached a settlement with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission over claims the dairy producer misled farmers in three states about farmgate milk prices.
Murray Goulburn has told a judge it may seek to cap costs in two shareholder class actions that centre on a 2016 profit forecast revision, taking a page from the playbook of baby food maker Bellamy’s.