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Viterra loses third bid for Cargill talks with Allens over Joe White sale
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-05-18 5:16 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Viterra has failed in its third bid to access communications between Cargill Australia and its lawyers related to Cargill’s $420 million purchase of malt producer Joe White Maltings from Viterra in 2013.

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Slater & Gordon vies for AMP shareholders with ‘best deal’ yet
Class Actions 2018-05-18 9:46 am By Christine Caulfield

Not to be outdone by other class action firms vying to recruit AMP shareholders for a $2 billion class action, Slater & Gordon announced Friday it would offer investors “the most competitive funding package of all”.

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BHP faces possible Australian class action over Brazil mine disaster
Energy & Natural Resources 2018-05-17 10:48 pm By Christine Caulfield

Boutique law firm Phi Finney McDonald is investigating a potential shareholder class action against BHP Billiton over the fatal Samarco disaster in Brazil, which saw the market value of the mining giant plummet by $25 billion.

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Shine joins AMP class action frenzy
Shine Lawyers 2018-05-17 10:19 pm By Miklos Bolza

Beleaguered financial institution AMP is facing yet another shareholder class action with Shine Lawyers joining three other law firms in what is shaping up to be a beauty pageant of class actions.

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DLA Piper’s patent advice to Neurim not privileged, court hears
Intellectual Property 2018-05-17 9:50 pm By Miklos Bolza

Two generic drug makers are fighting for access to confidential documents related to amendments by Neurim Pharmaceutical of patents covering its sleep drug Circadin, telling the Federal Court on Thursday privilege had been waived after a phone conversation between the company’s founder and her lawyers from DLA Piper.

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Unique slams ACCC’s ‘paucity’ of evidence in appeal hearing
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-05-17 9:44 pm By Miklos Bolza

The ACCC won its case against Sydney-based Unique International College on a “paucity of material”, the Full Federal Court has heard in an appeal of a ruling that found the vocational trainer exploited disadvantaged people and violated the Australian Consumer Law.

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Telstra wins temporary block on Optus ‘Empires End’ ad
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-05-16 10:12 pm By Christine Caulfield

Optus was ordered Wednesday to temporarily pull an ad that Telstra alleges makes a false and damaging claim about the superiority of Optus’ mobile network.

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Radio Rentals to pay $2M following ASIC probe
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-05-16 5:59 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Federal Court has ordered appliance and furniture leasing company Radio Rentals to pay a $2 million penalty for failing to verify consumers’ financial situations before signing them up for leases.

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Aerocare loses Federal Court appeal over workplace agreement
Employment 2018-05-16 3:52 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Full Federal Court on Tuesday dismissed an appeal by aviation services company Aerocare of a ruling rejecting an enterprise agreement the Transport Workers Union called “substandard”.

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Quinn Emanuel AMP financing heralds era of class action beauty pageants
Analysis 2018-05-16 3:09 pm By Christine Caulfield

The financing arrangement underwriting Quinn Emanuel’s shareholder class action against AMP, which will earn its partner Burford Capital a record low 10 percent of any recovery, sets a new standard in class action litigation funding, and is expected to spark greater price competition in the industry. 

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