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NSW can’t shield docs in ACCC competition case over ports privatisation
Competition & Consumer Protection 2020-12-09 5:19 pm By Miklos Bolza

The NSW government cannot assert public immunity over cabinet documents sought in a case brought by the ACCC over an allegedly anti-competitive agreement for the privatisation of Port Botany and Port Kembla.

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Gap wins opposition to ‘clothing the gap’ trade mark by Aboriginal rights group
Intellectual Property 2020-12-09 4:56 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen

International retail giant Gap has successfully opposed the registration of ‘clothing the gap’ as trade mark by an Aboriginal-owned social enterprise company which campaigns to improve the lives of Aboriginal people.

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HWL Ebsworth defeats negligence lawsuit over Sydney land tender
Professional Negligence 2020-12-09 1:58 pm By Miklos Bolza

HWL Ebsworth has successfully defended a negligence lawsuit over the $25.5 million sale of Crown-owned Sydney land to property developer PPK Group, with a court finding that the developer was actually “better off” because of the transaction.

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High Court to hear challenge to ruling over ‘defamatory’ Facebook comments
High Court 2020-12-08 10:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Three media companies have been granted special leave by the High Court to challenge a finding that they could be held liable for allegedly defamatory remarks left under news articles they posted on Facebook.

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Government to introduce legislation requiring Google, Facebook to pay for news
Competition & Consumer Protection 2020-12-08 10:10 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Federal government will introduce legislation on Wednesday that will require Google and Facebook to pay news publishers to exploit their content and give them a heads up of major changes to search algorithms.

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Prosecutors want former BlueScope exec to go to jail for obstructing cartel investigation
Competition & Consumer Protection 2020-12-08 6:03 pm By Miklos Bolza

Crown prosecutors are arguing a former BlueScope executive who has pleaded guilty to obstructing an ACCC price fixing investigation should face jail time for the “objectively serious” conduct.

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Freedom Foods, Deloitte hit with class action over accounting scandal
Class Actions 2020-12-08 5:53 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen

Freedom Foods and its auditor Deloitte have been hit with a shareholder class action after a shock announcement last week of more than $590 million in write-downs stemming from accounting irregularities.

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Funder backs lawsuit against Coca-Cola over drink bottle patent
Intellectual Property 2020-12-08 4:58 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Litigation funder Omni Bridgeway has thrown its weight behind a David-versus-Goliath legal challenge by an inventor who accuses Coca-Cola of infringing a patent for a drink container and lid used in popular brands such as Mount Franklin water and Powerade sports drink.

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Banks plead not guilty as ANZ cartel case heads to trial in Federal Court
Competition & Consumer Protection 2020-12-08 3:50 pm By Miklos Bolza

Three banks have been committed to stand trial after pleading not guilty to criminal charges stemming from an alleged cartel agreement reached in a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement, with the closely watched case now moving to the Federal Court two-and-a-half years after it was filed.

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Last stop for ACCC as High Court refuses leave to appeal Pacific National, Aurizon deal
Competition & Consumer Protection 2020-12-08 1:34 pm By Christine Caulfield

The ACCC has reached the end of the line in its challenge to Pacific National’s $205 million acquisition of Aurizon’s Acacia Ridge Terminal in Queensland, with the High Court dismissing the competition regulator’s application to take up the appeal.

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