AstraZeneca has sued Pharmacor over its plans to list a generic version of blockbuster diabetes drug Forxiga on the PBS, but the drug maker will have to defend the validity of the patent, which was struck down by a UK court last year.
The Full Federal Court has scrapped orders by the Fair Work Commission limiting the rights of workplace delegates in various awards, finding the commission acted outside of its power following changes to the Fair Work Act.
A subsidiary of Singapore-based developer Ho Bee Land has purchased a 181-hectare master-planned site at Elimbah, Queensland, from a Goldfields-led syndicate for $318 million.
Maddocks has relocated to a newly designed office in Sydney’s first skyscraper, the latest law firm to make the move to the “future-forward” tower in recent months.
Victoria will kick off the country’s first offshore wind auction in August, after it was delayed last year.
The federal government has awarded feasibility licences to three offshore renewable energy projects in Western Australia.
Centuria Capital has scooped up a Chadstone shopping centre anchored by Bunnings, the Good Guys and JB Hi-Fi for $86 million.
Four former directors of funeral insurance firm Youpla Group have agreed to settle ASIC claims that they breached their directors duties, with a judge allowed remaining claims against former CEO Bryn Jones to head to trial.
The co-head of Allens’ equity capital markets team will make the jump to Clayton Utz, just months after Clayton Utz poached a leading private equity lawyer from its rival.
BHP and Rio Tinto have told a court that the claims of thousands of women who allegedly experienced workplace sexual harassment and discrimination should not be brought as class actions.
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