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Bill that would allow follow-on actions introduced in Senate
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-08-23 11:21 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Private follow-on actions for consumer law violations will be easier to bring under a new bill recently introduced in the Senate, a potential boon to class action lawyers.

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Full Court shrinks class size in Ethicon pelvic mesh class action
Class Actions 2018-08-23 10:39 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Full Federal Court has handed Johnson & Johnson unit Ethicon a victory in the class action over its allegedly defective vaginal mesh devices, partly reversing a judge’s decision that expanded the class post-trial.

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Woolworths faces $1B backpay claim in challenge to EBA
Employment 2018-08-23 10:05 pm By Christine Caulfield

Supermarket giant Woolworths has been hit with union action to scrap its enterprise bargaining agreement and put it on the hook for $1 billion in unpaid wages.

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Dr. Reddy’s slams Millennium’s injunction bid in cancer drug case
Intellectual Property 2018-08-23 5:41 pm By Miklos Bolza

An urgent injunction sought by US-based Millennium Pharmaceuticals to block generic drug maker Dr Reddy’s Laboratories from launching a cheap version of the breakthrough cancer drug Velcade has been panned as unnecessary.

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Penalties for consumer law violations set to skyrocket
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-08-23 3:22 pm By Christine Caulfield

Companies breaching the Australian Consumer Law will be hit with higher fines after the Federal Parliament on Thursday passed a bill that aligns the maximum penalties with fines for competition law violations.

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Trivago taken to court over hotel price ads
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-08-23 2:14 pm By Christine Caulfield

Hotel booking site Trivago has been hit with legal action by the consumer regulator alleging the company’s price advertisements were misleading.

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ACCC greenlights outdoor advertising deals
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-08-23 11:47 am By Christine Caulfield

The competition regulator has cleared JCDecaux Australia’s multibillion merger with APN Outdoor Group, while oOh!media’s $570 million tie-up with AdShel has also been given the nod.

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Guard rail maker wins ruling invalidating rival’s patent
Intellectual Property 2018-08-22 11:34 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A maker of guard rails used on highways has won a judgment invalidating a rival’s patent, with a judge finding the patent lacks novelty.

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Funder was ‘moving force’ behind ‘doomed’ Octaviar class action, court told
Class Actions 2018-08-22 10:16 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Public Trustee of Queensland asked a court Wednesday for indemnity costs from a global litigation funder its says was the “real moving force” behind a dismissed investor class action it called a “nakedly speculative venture”.

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Rinehart family feud turns on a word, High Court hearsana
Contracts 2018-08-22 9:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

The bitter dispute between Gina Rinehart and two of her children over billions of dollars in iron ore mining assets may come down to how the High Court interprets a single word in an arbitration clause of agreements signed by the warring family members.

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