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Law firm Thomson Geer has bolstered the ranks of its media team with the recruitment of News Corp senior litigation counsel Marlia Saunders to its Sydney office.
Judge orders tweak to CBA insurance rort class action
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The lead applicants in a class action against two CBA units over allegedly excessive insurance premiums have been ordered to amend their pleadings to expand the group definition and add more detail to their claims.
Mineralogy, ASIC spar in ‘collateral attack’ on Clive Palmer criminal case
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Mineralogy is seeking declarations that its 2014 financial statements were true and fair in a court case ASIC has called a “collateral attack” on criminal proceedings brought against Clive Palmer over $12 million spent on his political aspirations.
Vic hospital operator points finger at junior doctors in underpayments class action
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Victorian public healthcare provider Peninsula Health has hit back at an underpayments class action brought by junior doctors, saying it was up to them to seek authorisation and payment for any overtime hours worked.
Judge slams ABC for ‘inadvisible’ redactions in court battle over The Checkout
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A judge has criticised the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for “ill advised” redactions in documents produced in a dispute between the producers of the consumer affairs television series The Checkout.
Clive Palmer agrees to pay indemnity costs in Twisted Sister copyright dispute
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Billionaire Clive Palmer has agreed to pay part of Universal Music’s costs on an indemnity basis, after a judge found he infringed substantial parts of the copyright for Twister Sister’s rock anthem ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ and ordered him to pay $1.5 million in damages.
Ben Roberts-Smith admits to owning glass replica of prosthetic leg
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Ben Roberts-Smith has admitted that he owns a glass replica of the prosthetic leg belonging to a man he killed in Afghanistan, as trial in his defamation case entered its third week.
Defending a trial in lockdown all in a day’s work for CBP’s Adrian Konstantinidis
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The “hustle and bustle” of defending companies in complex litigation does not faze Colin Biggers & Paisley’s Adrian Konstantinidis, so when the COVID-19 pandemic struck on the eve of one of the most complicated series of cases in Australia, he and his firm were ready.
Full Court upholds Sequenom’s win in patent battle over prenatal genetic tests
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The Full Federal Court has upheld US biotech company Sequenom’s patent for a noninvasive prenatal genetic test, rejecting rival Ariosa Diagnostic’s argument that the patent merely described a way to extract incorporeal genetic information.
HWL Ebsworth’s Juan Martinez wants all partners named in lawsuit, not just him
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The managing partner of HWL Ebsworth, who has been targeted in a lawsuit by a former equity partner over the law firm’s aborted IPO, is resisting efforts to be named as representative defendant in the case.