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AGM denied anti-suit injunction to block ASIC case
Financial Services 2018-09-27 9:41 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has shot down a request by financial services company AGM that the court halt an ASIC  proceeding seeking to revoke its financial services licence while a Federal Court case against it progresses.

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Competing Murray Goulburn class actions look set to co-exist
Class Actions 2018-09-21 2:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

The judge presiding over two shareholder class actions against Murray Goulburn indicated Friday he would likely let both cases proceed jointly to a trial in 2020.

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Shareholders to contest Bellamy’s cost-capping bid in class actions
Class Actions 2018-09-14 2:09 pm By Christine Caulfield

A sought-after court order by organic baby food maker Bellamy’s to limit legal costs in two class actions won’t come without a fight, a barrister for the shareholders said Friday.

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Bellamy’s wants judge to limit costs of competing class actions
Class Actions 2018-09-07 9:28 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A year after the Federal Court issued its important ruling on competing class actions and foreshadowed orders prohibiting duplicative legal fees, the company at the centre of the proceedings — organic baby food maker Bellamy’s — has called on the court to make good on its promise about costs.

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McMillan Shakespeare unit hit with class action over car warranties
Baker McKenzie 2018-09-06 10:15 pm By Christine Caulfield

A subsidiary of car leasing company McMillan Shakespeare faces a class action over vehicle warranties that gave the company “complete and unfettered” discretion to reject claims by customers.

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Codeine patents involve natural parts that can’t be patented, court told
Intellectual Property 2018-09-06 3:12 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

TPI Enterprises has gone on the offensive in a patent lawsuit initiated by rival poppy processor Tasmanian Alkaloids, saying the patents at the centre of the suit describe natural parts that can’t be patented.

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AMP wins bid to move class actions to state court
Class Actions 2018-08-29 2:24 pm By Christine Caulfield

AMP has prevailed in a hard-fought fight over where it will defend five shareholder class actions brought in the wake of the Banking Royal Commission, in a precedent-setting judgement that provides a road map for future jurisdictional battles over competing class actions.

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ACCC tried to ‘micro-manage’ Pacific with injunction, judge says
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-08-15 11:29 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The judge overseeing the competition lawsuit brought by the ACCC over Aurizon’s proposed sale of its Queensland intermodal business to Pacific National has denied the regulator’s bid for an injunction against Pacific, saying it amounted to micro-managing that could discourage “normal competitive behaviour”.

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AMP slams ‘red herring’ in class action transfer fight
Class Actions 2018-08-14 8:58 pm By Miklos Bolza

Embattled financial giant AMP on Tuesday criticised concerns raised by lawyers for the federal class actions about group members’ opt out rights, saying the concerns were a “red herring” in the fight against an order transferring their cases to the NSW Supreme Court.

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ACCC wins injunction against Aurizon
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-08-13 3:31 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The ACCC has won its request for an injunction blocking rail freight operator Aurizon from shutting its intermodal business down while a competition lawsuit the regulator filed over Aurizon’s proposed sale of the business to Pacific National makes its way through the court.

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