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White Oak claims insurer owed a novel duty of care in $6B Greensill cases
Insurance 2023-10-24 9:02 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Lender White Oak Commercial Finance will bring a novel claim against insurer Bond & Credit Company alleging it owed a duty of care to disclose […]

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Judges have power to make settlement CFOs, says Full Court
Class Actions 2023-10-12 11:36 am By Cindy Cameronne

The Full Federal Court has answered a question vexing the court for the past four years, ruling that class action judges have the power to […]

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Settlement CFO ruling another landmark in class action development
Analysis 2023-10-12 11:34 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Full Federal Court’s finding that the High Court did not extinguish the power of judges to make common fund orders on approval of class […]

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Full Court shoots down ‘misconceived’ bid to undermine Fair Work class actions
Employment 2023-10-12 4:51 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has rejected a union’s bid to throw out an employee class action against McDonald’s after the Full Federal Court found that employee class […]

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Are settlement CFOs OK? Full Court to finally have its say
Class Actions 2023-10-11 11:19 pm By Christine Caulfield

With bated breath class action litigators and funders have waited for this day, when the Full Federal Court decides the question of power to make […]

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Legal challenge to Mount Pleasant coal mine extension fails
Environment 2023-10-11 2:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A decision by federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek to greenlight the extension of two mega coal mines in NSW was “legally open” to her, a […]

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Commonwealth seeks dismissal of suit over alleged bullying by MP Rebekha Sharkie
Employment 2023-10-09 4:48 pm By Sam Matthews

The Commonwealth of Australia has asked the court to throw out an adverse action suit brought by a former political staffer who says she was […]

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Court hands win to Boehringer in fight over Zoetis vaccine patents
Intellectual Property 2023-10-03 11:51 pm By Sam Matthews

German drug maker Boehringer has prevailed in its Federal Court fight against US rival Zoetis over the validity of three patents covering pig vaccines. In […]

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Care A2 Plus launches cross-claim in $200M dispute with US distributor
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-09-21 11:10 pm By Christine Caulfield

The rancour is rising between Care A2 Plus and its US business partner Gensco Pharma, with the infant formula company firing off a cross-claim in […]

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‘Irrational’ coal mine approval flies in the face of climate science, court told
Environment 2023-09-18 10:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek’s decision to greenlight the expansion of two mega coal mines in NSW was contrary to findings by the “entire community […]

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