PwC wins access to Baker McKenzie docs from former client in spat over failed bank launch

Posted on 2021-04-122021-04-12 by Miklos Bolza

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PricewaterhouseCoopers has won access to communications between a Chinese lender and its lawyers at Baker McKenzie in a legal stoush over a failed bid to launch the first Chinese bank incorporated in Australia.

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ASIC ordered to clarify first COVID-19 case against ClearLoans

Posted on 2021-04-122021-04-12 by Cindy Cameronne

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A judge has ordered ASIC to provide more detail in its case accusing personal lender ClearLoans of contravening the hardship provisions of the credit laws, in the regulator’s first case related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Corner Hotel loses trade mark lawsuit against Birdland-affiliated jazz club

Posted on 2021-04-122021-04-12 by Miklos Bolza

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A judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought by famed Richmond pub The Corner Hotel against a jazz club formed in partnership with iconic New York club Birdland alleging infringement of its ‘corner’ trade marks.

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Nine settles John Hewson defamation suit over ‘seriously dishonest’ report

Posted on 2021-04-122021-04-12 by Cat Fredenburgh

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Nine has agreed to settle a defamation lawsuit by former Liberal leader John Hewson alleging a report by A Current Affair about his insurance firm was gratuitous and “seriously dishonest”.

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Novartis wins injunction to stop generic version of blockbuster MS drug, for now

Posted on 2021-04-122021-04-12 by Cindy Cameronne

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Swiss drug giant Novartis has secured an injunction temporarily blocking drug maker Pharmacor from launching a generic version of the company’s top-selling MS drug Gilenya in Australia.

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Senior Allens lawyer who sexually harassed colleague was allowed to stay on until litigation finished

Posted on 2021-04-122021-04-12 by Miklos Bolza

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Big Six firm Allens allowed a senior lawyer to stay on at the firm for five weeks after a sexual harassment incident in 2012, the third such event at the law firm to be disclosed in the past month.

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Ashust snags renewable energy trio from Baker McKenzie

Posted on 2021-04-122021-04-12 by Cat Fredenburgh

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Ashurst has lured the global co-head and two partners from Baker McKenzie’s renewable energy practice, giving the firm a boost in representing clients in the global transition towards more sustainable forms of energy.

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Court orders G8 class action plaintiff to remove redaction from costs agreement

Posted on 2021-04-122021-04-12 by Miklos Bolza

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A judge has ordered the lead applicant in a shareholder class action against G8 Education to disclose a previously redacted clause of a costs agreement to the childcare centre operator, saying he failed to show how supplying the information would give G8 a tactical advantage in the case.

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Judge sends Epic’s competition dispute with Apple to California

Posted on 2021-04-092021-04-12 by Cat Fredenburgh

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A judge has found that a clause in Apple’s agreement with developers requires that Fortnite game developer Epic Games litigate a closely watched competition lawsuit against the tech giant on its home turf.

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Volkswagen loses appeal of landmark $125M fine in ‘turning point’ for ACCC

Posted on 2021-04-092021-04-09 by Cindy Cameronne

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Volkswagen has lost its challenge to a landmark $125 million Dieselgate penalty handed down by a judge who lambasted a $75 million fine proposed by the ACCC as “manifestly inadequate”, in what ACCC chair Rod Sims told Lawyerly was a “turning point” for the regulator to push for higher fines.

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