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Ford docs don’t contain trade secrets, class action judge says
Allens 2020-07-15 6:44 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The judge hearing a class action trial against Ford over its allegedly defective Powershift transmission has rejected the car maker’s argument that certain documents should be suppressed because they hold trade secrets, saying Ford did not invent the 6 Sigma problem solving method on which some of the reports were based.

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Citing COVID-19 and $1.5M in class action costs, cladding manufacturer goes into administration
Class Actions 2020-07-13 10:34 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Cladding manufacturer Fairview Architectural has filed for voluntary administration, citing challenges posed by COVID-19 and $1.5 million spent so far defending a class action alleging it misrepresented the quality of its “highly flammable” cladding. 

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Victorian courts to review sexual harassment policies
Employment 2020-07-13 10:00 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The Victoria state government has launched reviews into the sexual harassment policies of its courts and tribunals and the law firms that provide services to the government, following allegations of sexual harassment against former High Court justice Dyson Heydon.

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Aristocrat overdid it with expert evidence in patent case, court says
Appeals 2020-07-13 9:29 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A judge has trimmed the costs the Commissioner of Patents owes Aristocrat Technologies after the gaming giant successfully appealed a ruling rejecting four of its gaming patents, saying Aristocrat had “over-egged the pudding” by submitting evidence from three experts on the patentability of its inventions.

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Virgin bondholders blast Deloitte disclosures to court
Clayton Utz 2020-07-09 10:41 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Virgin Australia bondholders contesting the sale of the airline to private equity firm Bain Capital have blasted the airline’s administrators at Deloitte for failing to inform the court when applying for confidentiality orders that the bondholders had sought information on the terms of the deal.

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Judge says FWC can hear dispute over stood down Qantas, Jetstar engineers
Coronavirus 2020-07-09 8:35 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The workplace umpire has jurisdiction to hear a case against Qantas and its budget subsidiary Jetstar brought by the union for licenced aircraft maintenance engineers stood down during the coronavirus pandemic, a judge has ruled in a blow to the airline.

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Decade-long dispute over vehicle parking monitoring patent rolls on
Adrian Ryan 2020-07-09 7:04 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Vehicle Management Systems will take another crack at opposing a patent application by rival SARB Management Group for an integrated magnetic parking overstay detector.

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Law firms set stage for Boral class action beauty parade
Alicia Lyons 2020-07-07 9:45 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Two law firms that filed competing shareholder class actions against construction giant Boral have asked the court to permanently stay the other’s proceeding, after the judge overseeing the matter said he might wait until the High Court’s ruling on the AMP class action beauty parade before deciding which class action should move forward.

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Federal Court to review sexual harassment policies following Heydon scandal
Employment 2020-07-07 8:23 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The Federal Court is reviewing its sexual harassment policies following allegations that former High Court justice Dyson Heydon sexually harassed six female associates while on the bench.

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DLA Piper nabs class action lawyer from King & Wood Mallesons
Business of Law 2020-07-07 7:00 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

DLA Piper has hired a partner to build up its finance dispute resolution and class actions practice in Australia.

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