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Allianz hit with class action over ‘junk’ car insurance
Class Actions 2020-07-08 9:23 pm By Alison Eveleigh

Insurance giant Allianz is facing a class action over allegedly “poor value” or worthless car and motorcycle insurance products.

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Queensland Nickel liquidators appeal $100M loss in case against Clive Palmer
Appeals 2020-07-08 7:35 pm By Christine Caulfield

The liquidators of Clive Palmer’s Queensland Nickel are appealing a win for the billionaire in their case over the collapse of the refinery in 2016, which centred on $102 million in loans allegedly paid by Queensland Nickel to Palmer’s Mineralogy.

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White & Case nabs former Lendlease GC for disputes team in Sydney
Business of Law 2020-07-08 7:29 pm By Alison Eveleigh

Global law firm White & Case LLP has lured the former general counsel of Lendlease Construction Australia to join the firm’s Sydney office.

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Special purpose liquidators appointed by judge to investigate claims against Phoenix directors
Restructuring & Insolvency 2020-07-08 7:12 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has appointed special purpose liquidators to investigate the affairs of failed VET provider Phoenix Institute and its directors after the Commonwealth complained of “a difficult working relationship” with the training company’s current liquidators.

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LG loses challenge to Samsung QLED trade mark
Intellectual Property 2020-07-08 6:36 pm By Miklos Bolza

LG Electronics has lost its opposition to Samsung Electronic’s registration for its ‘Samsung QLED’ trade mark despite IP Australia acknowledging that Samsung’s phones did not contain QLED technology.

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Transgender woman clears first hurdle in discrimination case against Press Council
Media 2020-07-08 6:12 pm By Alison Eveleigh

A transgender woman has won a preliminary legal fight with the Australia Press Council over claims the organisation discriminated against her in dismissing her complaint about a news article naming her as the accused behind a “terrifying 7/11 axe attack”.

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‘Let down’ by own lawyers: Family of MH17 victim wins appeal after being shut out of class action
Class Actions 2020-07-07 10:40 pm By Alison Eveleigh

The parents of an Australian national who was killed aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 have successfully appealed a decision blocking them from participating in the settlement of a class action, with an appeals court judge describing as “disturbing” the conduct of their legal team in the group proceeding.

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False teeth claims: Procter & Gamble sues Colgate over whitening toothpaste
Competition & Consumer Protection 2020-07-07 10:00 pm By Alison Eveleigh

Personal care giant Procter & Gamble has filed a lawsuit alleging competitor Colgate-Palmolive has violated the consumer law by falsely claiming that its whitening toothpaste can remove 10 years of stains.

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Law firms set stage for Boral class action beauty parade
Class Actions 2020-07-07 9:45 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Two law firms that filed competing shareholder class actions against construction giant Boral have asked the court to permanently stay the other’s proceeding, after the judge overseeing the matter said he might wait until the High Court’s ruling on the AMP class action beauty parade before deciding which class action should move forward.

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Lead applicant in horse vaccine class action told to ‘put up or shut up’
Class Actions 2020-07-07 9:03 pm By Miklos Bolza

Global animal health company Zoetis has told the lead applicants in a class action over horse vaccines to “put up or shut up” and produce evidence disclosing an alleged scientific link between the hendra virus vaccine and certain alleged adverse side effects.

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