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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.
The battle over competing shareholder class actions against failed sandalwood oil producer Quintis is heating up, with law firm Gadens launching a bid to shut down the case brought by Bannister Law, attacking its rival's experience and resources.
An appeals court has ordered the judge overseeing a fraudulent concealment trial over Cargill's $420 million purchase of the Joe White malt business to reconsider his decision to allow an in-house lawyer at Glencore to access "highly confidential" deal documents.