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Judge won’t block ex-SAI Global exec from going to rival company
Employment 2018-04-16 11:25 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has rejected a bid by information services company SAI Global Property to temporarily ban a former sales manager from working for a direct competitor, saying the executive could not have realistically remembered SAI’s list of thousands of clients.

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Lexapro maker squares off with generics in latest IP battle
Intellectual Property 2018-04-16 9:19 pm By Miklos Bolza

The maker of the anti-depressant Lexapro faced off Monday against Apotex, Aspen Pharma and Sandoz at a court hearing over the rights to make generic versions of the top-selling product, with a barrister for Lundbeck slamming the three companies’ defence that their drugs were different.

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Quinn Emanuel looking at class action against insurer JLT
Class Actions 2018-04-16 3:32 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Global insurer Jardine Lloyd Thompson could be hit with a class action over allegations that local councils across Australia paid excessive premiums for its advice.

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White King maker fined $700,000 over ‘flushable’ wipes
Article 2018-04-14 10:58 pm By Christine Caulfield

Consumer goods maker Pental Ltd will pay $700,000 in penalties after admitting it misled customers about its ‘flushable’ White King toilet and bathroom cleaner wipes.

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Thermomix fined $4.6M for keeping lid on mixer burn danger
Product Liability 2018-04-14 10:21 pm By Christine Caulfield

Kitchen appliance company Thermomix has been hit with a $4.6 million penalty for failing to warn customers of the risk of serious burns associated with its high-end mixer.

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At S&P class action trial, city treasurer accused of being ‘careless’
Class Actions 2018-04-14 1:38 pm By Christine Caulfield

A former treasurer for Coffs Harbour City Council was “careless” for not analysing the financial products he invested millions of dollars of the city’s funds into, a lawyer for ANZ said last week at a class action trial against the bank and US ratings agency S&P Global.

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ObjectiVision expert under fire in IP dispute with University of Sydney
Intellectual Property 2018-04-14 1:02 pm By Christine Caulfield

In a long-running intellectual property fight with the University of Sydney, an expert witness for ophthalmic diagnostic device maker ObjectiVision has been grilled in the witness box over a report that claims parts of the company’s AccuMap system was copied.

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Rush claims Nationwide grasping for subpoena in defamation case
Media 2018-04-14 12:22 pm By Miklos Bolza

A barrister for actor Geoffrey Rush has accused Nationwide News of wanting to change its defence purely to gain access to Sydney Theatre Company documents blocked by an earlier judgment.

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Aldi tells court union dodging attempts to resolve driver dispute
Employment 2018-04-14 12:01 pm By Christine Caulfield

Supermarket chain Aldi Foods has made several attempts to negotiate with its drivers’ union in a long running industrial dispute, but the union refuses to sit down for talks, a court heard last week.  

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NBN’s viability in doubt, ACCC says in final communications report
Telecommunications 2018-04-05 10:48 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian consumer regulator has questioned the long-term commercial viability of the NBN, saying consumers may lose their appetite for increased broadband speeds when the network’s prices go up.

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