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GetSwift ruling to offer roadmap for competing class actions
Appeals 2018-11-19 9:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

A groundbreaking judgment by the Full Federal Court over competing class actions will be handed down Tuesday morning and is expected to give judges much needed guidance on how to move forward when confronted, as they increasingly are, with multiple proceedings over the same alleged misconduct.

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‘Sorry’ could have shaved $1M off Alan Jones defamation payout
Defamation 2018-11-16 11:26 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Broadcaster Alan Jones declined an offer to settle a lawsuit alleging he defamed a prominent Queensland family by blaming them for the deaths of 12 people in the 2011 Grantham floods because he would not agreed to the terms of a proposed apology.

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High Court declines Rebel Wilson appeal in defamation case
Defamation 2018-11-16 4:14 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Rebel Wilson has lost a bid to have the High Court reconsider an appeals court’s decision to slash her record $4.75 million award in a defamation case against Bauer Media to $600,000.

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Murray Goulburn settles ACCC case over farmgate milk prices
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-11-12 10:05 pm By Christine Caulfield

Murray Goulburn and its former CEO have reached a settlement with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission over claims the dairy producer misled farmers in three states about farmgate milk prices.

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AFT Pharma ordered to pull misleading Maxigesic ads
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-11-09 8:44 pm By Miklos Bolza

AFT Pharmaceuticals has been ordered to pull advertisements for its painkiller Maxigesic after the Federal Court ruled in favour of rival Reckitt Benckiser, finding the ads breached Australian Consumer Law.

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Quintis class action lawyers want to peek at insurance docs
Class Actions 2018-11-08 2:58 pm By Christine Caulfield

Lawyers leading a class action against Quintis want the failed sandalwood oil producer to hand over evidence of any insurance policy that could cover the company and its founder for damages sought in the case.

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Otsuka defence threatened in Abilify patent case
Intellectual Property 2018-11-05 9:03 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Commonwealth of Australia is weighing a bid to strike out Otsuka Pharmaceutical’s defence as the government seeks lost subsidies after an almost seven-year long patent dispute over the antipsychotic drug, Abilify.

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Judge rejects ‘problematic’ pleading in Ford class action
Class Actions 2018-10-31 8:29 pm By Miklos Bolza

A Federal Court judge has rejected a revised pleading in a class action against Ford over its allegedly defective PowerShift transmissions.

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Generic drug cos. win trial against Wyeth over Effexor delay
Intellectual Property 2018-10-30 3:27 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Wyeth must pay a group of generic drug companies for the harm they suffered after the drug maker won interlocutory injunctions blocking their plans to market an extended release generic version of anti-depressant Effexor, in a ruling likely to have a chilling effect on interlocutory injunction grants in pharmaceutical patent cases.

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Viagogo lured customers in with false claims, court hears
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-10-29 10:09 pm By Miklos Bolza

A four-day trial against online ticket reseller Viagogo kicked off Monday, with the ACCC describing how the site misled consumers by falsely claiming it was an official ticket vendor, hitting them with a booking fee of around 28 per cent along the way.

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