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CIMIC slugged with costs after class action trial vacated
Class Actions 2019-03-07 4:32 pm By Miklos Bolza

Global engineering firm CIMIC Group has been hit with costs after a last-minute subpoena of three new potential witnesses caused the three-week trial that was due to commence later this month to be vacated.

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WorleyParsons class action trial delayed in 11th hour judge swap
Trials 2019-03-06 7:46 pm By Miklos Bolza

The trial in a much anticipated shareholder class action against engineering firm WorleyParsons scheduled to commence this week has hit a roadblock, with a last minute change in the judge that will hear the matter.

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Lundbeck earned $51.7M in settlements with generic makers over Lexapro patent
Intellectual Property 2019-02-27 10:09 pm By Christine Caulfield

Danish pharmaceutical giant Lundbeck secured $51.7 million in settlements to end infringement litigation with three generic makers over its patent for the top-selling Lexapro, the company has revealed.

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Damages fight in infringement case over fruit container patents wraps up
Intellectual Property 2019-02-25 3:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

A damages battle in an infringement case over two patents for the ubiquitous plastic produce containers found in grocery stores across Australia is over, with the fight settling ahead of a hearing.

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Piper Alderman to defend sex discrimination case by senior female partner
Business of Law 2019-02-22 9:56 pm By Christine Caulfield

Law firm Piper Alderman said Friday it would defend a sex discrimination case brought by a leading female partner against the firm’s partnership, saying it did “not tolerate inappropriate workplace behaviour of any kind”.

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Leading female lawyer at Piper Alderman sues partnership for sex discrimination
Business of Law 2019-02-21 2:22 pm By Christine Caulfield

A female Piper Alderman partner has filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against the firm’s other partners and has won a temporary injunction blocking the partnership from ousting her.

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Court to issue speedy ruling on Sanofi’s second stab at injector pen injunction
Intellectual Property 2019-02-20 9:48 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Full Federal Court will issue its judgment Friday in French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi’s challenge to a judge’s refusal to block Alphapharm from listing an insulin injector pen on the PBS, just two weeks after the court heard arguments in the appeal.

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Sandoz ordered to pay Lundbeck over $26.3M for infringing Lexapro patent
Intellectual Property 2019-02-19 10:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

Generic drug maker Sandoz must pay $26.34 million to Danish pharmacuetical giant Lundbeck and a subsidiary for infringing the Australian patent behind the blockbuster antidepressant Lexapro, a judge has found.

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“Something’s gone terribly wrong”: CIMIC slammed by class action judge
Class Actions 2019-02-19 2:37 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has reprimanded CIMIC Group’s preparations to defend a class action against it, saying a late attempt to file critical evidence was a sign something “pretty horrible” had gone on behind the scenes.

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Quintis class fails in bid for speedy common fund order
Class Actions 2019-02-13 9:48 pm By Miklos Bolza

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.

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