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Google says competition class action claims ‘make no sense’
Google has denied class action that it distorted competition in the app marketplace and left consumers paying higher prices, pointing out in its defence there are alternative app stores on its Android platform.
In class action defence, Apple says App Store commissions the price to pay for innovation
Apple has denied it engaged in anti-competitive conduct in operating its App Store in a class action brought over allegedly inflated commissions on certain apps and in-app purchases.
Katy Perry loss shows fame no ticket to ride ‘roughshod’ over trade mark owners
An infringement ruling against US singer Katy Perry in a case brought by an Australian fashion designer is a "win for the little guy", experts say, showing that fame doesn't give celebrities a blank cheque to exploit their brand at the expense of someone's else's registered trade mark.
High Court asked to weigh in on Toyota class action over defective diesel filters
Damages for reduction in value under the Australian Consumer Law are at the centre of competing special leave applications to the High Court filed by Toyota and the lead applicant in a class action over defective diesel filters.
No livestream for trial in wage cases against Coles, Woolworths
A Federal Court judge has pulled the plug on a bid by the Fair Work Ombudsman for an upcoming trial in wage cases against supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths to be livestreamed like other hearings of public interest in the court.
Allianz to appeal ruling over indemnity for historic sex abuse claims
Allianz has flagged it will appeal a ruling that found it must indemnify the Uniting Church for historic claims of sexual abuse that allegedly occurred up to four decades ago at the exclusive Sydney boys’ private school Knox Grammar.
High Court grants special leave to Dick Smith execs
The High Court has agreed to hear the appeals of two former Dick Smith exes following judgments that awarded a total of $55 million in damages to NAB and the receivers of the defunct electronics retailer.
Forex broker representative loses challenge to ASIC expert opinion
The authorised representative of forex broker Union Standard can't exclude parts of an opinion by an ASIC-appointed expert in a case alleging it traded in margin products with Chinese clients despite knowing it was illegal under Chinese law.
Essure contraceptive ‘safe and efficacious’, Bayer tells class action trial
Bayer told a jury that clinical trials from the 1990’s to 2014 showed its Essure birth control device was “safe and efficacious”, as the pharmaceutical giant faces trial in a class action by patients who claim they suffered debilitating injuries from the device.
Bayer can’t dismiss Essure injuries as ‘common women’s symptoms’, class action trial told
Pharmaceutical giant Bayer cannot write off debilitating chronic pain and bleeding which patients allegedly experienced after being implanted with Essure contraceptives as “common women's symptoms”, a court has heard in the first day of trial in a long-running class action.