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German drug company Fresenius Kadi has resolved a patent case brought by Korean drug company Samsung Bioepis over a biosimilar of top selling arthritis drug Humira.
Trivago misled hotel booking customers to boost income, court finds
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Hotel booking aggregator Trivago misled consumers about its cheapest price promise by arranging its listings according to payments it received instead of the actual hotel room price, a court has found.
Ashurst admits to underpaying staff
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Ashurst has become the latest law firm to be ensnared in the underpayments scandal affecting Australian businesses, with the firm admitting to underpaying a number of staff covered under the legal services award.
IMF poised to take over class actions from rival funders rattled by common fund ruling
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Litigation funder IMF Bentham has shrugged off concerns about the High Court’s recent ruling on common fund orders, telling investors that it’s in a position to take over some class actions from funders daunted by the prospect of bookbuilding.
‘Worthless and unsaleable’: Accounting firm hit with class action over Guvera advice
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Shareholders of collapsed music streaming platform Guvera have filed a class action against an accounting firm seeking to recoup their losses for the firm’s alleged negligence in promoting an investment opportunity in the failed tech company.
ACMA considers regulations to tackle bias in news
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Australia’s media regulator is considering possible regulations to tackle bias in news, amid concerns by Australians about the influence of advertisers on broadcast news.
Class action in the works over ‘sports rorts’ scandal
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Law firm Slater and Gordon is investigating a potential class action on behalf of sports clubs who claim they missed out on funding from a $100 million grants program overseen by Nationals deputy leader Bridget McKenzie.
The top 5 litigation firms of 2019
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Lawyerly’s Litigation Firms of 2019 racked up multiple wins last year in high-stakes litigation against formidable opponents, including the country’s top regulators.
Common fund order in stolen wages class action survives High Court ruling
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A common fund order granting the litigation funder behind the stolen wages class action 20 per cent of a $190 million settlement remains in force after a High Court judgment that did away with such orders, a judge has found.
Court has power to make cy-pres orders in class action settlements, judge says
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The judge who last month approved a $29 million settlement in a consumer class action against Radio Rentals has held that courts have power to order part of a settlement sum to go to charitable causes where distributing the funds to group members is too hard or impossible.