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In win for Abbey Labs, Elanco’s animal drug patent thrown out for lack of invention
IP Australia has refused to register a patent acquired by Elanco Australasia from Bayer covering a lice treatment, after amendments failed to address findings that the patent lacked an inventive step.
Complaints against Christian Porter’s lawyers filed with legal watchdog
A friend of Christian Porter's accuser has lodged complaints with the NSW legal watchdog against silk Sue Chrysanthou and Porter's solicitor, Rebekah Giles, for their conduct in representing the former Attorney-General in his defamation case against the ABC. 
Rex eyes legal action against Qantas for alleged anti-competitive conduct
Regional Express is weighing court action against Qantas, alleging Australia’s biggest airline engaged in anti-competitive behaviour in the form of capacity dumping and predatory practices.
Judge urged to shut down ‘pseudo’ class action over climate change disclosures
A green activist who filed a group proceeding alleging the government failed to disclose the impacts of climate change to investors in sovereign bonds does not have a common interest with group members and should have her lawsuit declassed, a court has heard.
SA Coroner gets access to confidential ABC defence docs in Porter case
Confidential portions of the ABC's defence in the former Attorney-General Christian Porter's defamation case can be disclosed to the South Australian State Coroner as part of his investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Porter's alleged rape victim.
Nine witness accused of lying for compensation in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial
A witness for two Nine-owned newspapers sued by Ben Roberts-Smith has been accused of fabricating a story that the war veteran kicked his step-uncle off a cliff before ordering him to be shot to gain compensation from the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission.
‘I didn’t come down in the last shower’: Judge criticises running of two S&P cases
A judge has grudgingly agreed to allow a law firm to run an investor's case against S&P Global over ratings on toxic financial products separately from a class action that makes the same claims, but was warned of the "costs consequences" of the parallel proceedings.
White & Case strengthens Australian presence with international arbitration partner
US law firm White & Case has bolstered its presence in the Asia-Pacific region with the appointment of international arbitration lawyer Lee Carroll as a partner in Melbourne. 
NT to pay $35M to settle youth detention class action
The government of the Northern Territory will pay $35 million to settle a class action on behalf of 1,200 young people who allegedly suffered human rights abuses while they were in detention, including excessive force, handcuffing, strip searching and isolation in cells.
Foreign troops were ‘infidels’, Afghan witness tells court in Ben-Roberts Smith defamation trial
Australian soldiers who raided a village in Afghanistan were “infidels” and the people they killed were “martyrs”, an Afghan villager related to a man allegedly murdered by veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has told a court.