ACCC, Fujifilm ‘close’ to settling case over small biz contracts

Posted on 2022-06-082022-06-08 by Cindy Cameronne

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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is “close” to settling its case against office supply company Fujifilm over allegedly unfair contracts with small businesses, a court has heard.

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Six-year-old lawsuit against CFMEU over Pentridge site back on

Posted on 2022-06-082022-06-10 by Sam Matthews

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A judge has revived a long-running suit against the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union and Victorian state secretary John Setka, granting the plaintiffs leave to appeal orders dismissing the case and file an eighth iteration of their pleadings against the union over the infamous Pentridge building site.

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Nufarm takes Advanta Seeds to court after patent lapse held to be lawyers’ error

Posted on 2022-06-082022-06-08 by Sam Matthews

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Agricultural chemical company Nufarm has appealed a decision giving rival Advanta Seeds extra time to pay a renewal fee for its patent for a hybrid plant cell after correspondence from its lawyers was sent to employees that had left the company and the patent renewal fell through the cracks.

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Waste tyre boss owes $2M for using Maersk to take out his trash, shipper alleges

Posted on 2022-06-082022-06-08 by Cindy Cameronne

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A judge has struck out a defence invoking the right against self-incrimination in a $2 million case brought by freight company Maersk alleging a Melbourne waste tyre company director used the shipper to dump end-of-life tyres overseas.

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Mills Oakley snags employment law bigwig from King & Wood Mallesons

Posted on 2022-06-082022-06-08 by Cat Fredenburgh

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Mills Oakley has poached a leading employment law partner from King & Wood Mallesons for its growing workplace relations team.

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Class action should foot the bill for first ever group costs order, judge says

Posted on 2022-06-072022-06-07 by Sam Matthews

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A judge who ordered the first ever group costs order in a class action has found that the costs of the application should be borne by the class action.

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Merricks Capital sues to stop former exec from working at Switzer-led boutique

Posted on 2022-06-072022-06-08 by Cat Fredenburgh

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Melbourne-based hard assets investment manager Merricks Capital has filed court proceedings to block its ex-managing director and two other former employees from working at a investment boutique run by financial commentator Peter Switzer and his son Marty.

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Judge slams Andrews government for ‘opaque cover-up’ in hotel quarantine class action

Posted on 2022-06-072022-06-07 by Cindy Cameronne

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A judge has criticised the Andrews government for withholding information about the alleged transmission of COVID-19 to a security guard working in hotel quarantine in a class action claiming lapses in the program caused Victorian businesses to suffer losses.

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Mesoblast hit with second shareholder class action over COVID-19 drug

Posted on 2022-06-072022-06-07 by Cat Fredenburgh

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Regenerative medicine company Mesoblast has been hit with a second class action for allegedly misleading shareholders about it Remestemcel-L treatment for COVID-19 complications.

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