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iSignthis racks up $1M legal bill in battle with ASX
Financial Services 2020-08-31 4:54 pm By Miklos Bolza

Fintech firm iSignthis has revealed that it has spent over $1 million in legal costs pursuing its $264 million lawsuit over misleading and deceptive conduct against the Australian Stock Exchange.

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Hanwha can amend solar patent at centre of IP feud with rivals
Intellectual Property 2020-08-31 4:48 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Federal Court has granted a bid by global solar cell manufacturer Hanwha to amend the patent behind its solar technology at the centre of a hotly contested infringement case against three rivals.

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Boehringer scores partial win in challenge to animal vaccine patents
Intellectual Property 2020-08-31 4:45 pm By Alison Eveleigh

German pharmaceutical giant Boehringer has partially succeeded in its opposition to several vaccine patents filed by animal health company Zoetis, used to treat pneumonia in pigs.

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Lawyer releases AMP sexual harassment findings amid firm’s ‘corporate spin’
Employment 2020-08-31 4:25 pm By Alison Eveleigh

A lawyer acting for former AMP employee Julia Szlakowski has accused the company of a lack of transparency and has released the findings of the London barrister hired to investigate her sexual harassment allegations against senior executive Boe Pahari, which confirm Szlakowski’s version of events but conclude only some allegations constituted harassment.

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‘A dog’s breakfast’: Judge pans claims in class action that Robodebt was self-evidently unlawful
Class Actions 2020-08-31 3:33 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has stopped short of rejecting new claims in the Robodebt class action despite “obvious errors” in the allegations, but has sent the applicants back to the drawing board and warned them the matter would not proceed as a “dog’s breakfast”.

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Law firm drops responsible lending class action against Westpac after ASIC calls it a day
Exclusive 2020-08-31 1:48 pm By Christine Caulfield

Maurice Blackburn is abandoning its class action against Westpac over the bank’s alleged responsible lending law breaches, weeks after ASIC lost its appeal in the so-called wagyu and shiraz case and conceded defeat.

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Top judge won’t help class action lawyers get childcare ahead of trial in locked down Vic
COVID-19 2020-08-28 11:33 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Federal Court’s top judge has refused a bid by the lead applicant in a class action against Crown Resorts to have the case declared a priority matter to allow Melbourne-based lawyers access to childcare while they prepare for a six-week trial.

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Landmark class action filed against Victoria over botched hotel quarantine program
COVID-19 2020-08-28 7:21 pm By Alison Eveleigh

The State of Victoria has been hit with a class action for its allegedly negligent handling of its hotel quarantine program, which is believed to be responsible for the state’s second wave of coronavirus cases.

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In a first, judge says emoji ‘reasonably capable’ of being defamatory
Defamation 2020-08-28 6:30 pm By Miklos Bolza

In what is believed to be a first in Australia, a judge hearing a defamation case between two Sydney lawyers has found that an emoji is capable of carrying a defamatory imputation.

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‘Dishonest behaviour’: Adani ordered to pay $106M after misleading court in port dispute
Energy & Natural Resources 2020-08-28 5:45 pm By Miklos Bolza

A court has ordered a subsidiary of Indian conglomerate Adani Group to pay more than $106 million to four coal mining companies after finding the mining company engaged in “dishonest behaviour” and misled the court.

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