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A US sports news website founded by former Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter featuring content by athletes has agreed to settle an IP lawsuit brought against a rival Australian site for allegedly copying its look.
A defamation case brought by Wolf Creek actor John Jarratt against the Daily Telegraph will now proceed, following his acquittal last week on rape charges.
Noting the "significant and beneficial reduction" in recent funding rates, the judge overseeing a shareholder class action against recycling company Sims Metal Management has signed off on an order capping the commission of the funders at 25 per cent of any net proceeds and setting a minimum 50 per cent of any recovery for group members.
A Federal Court judge has appointed a costs referee in a shareholder class action against two units of dairy co-op Murray Goulburn over a 2016 profit forecast revision which recently settled for $42 million.
Former King & Wood Mallesons partner Stephen Ridgeway has been appointed as the new mergers commissioner at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
Two law firms are jointly investigating a potential class action against the NRL on behalf of players for alleged liability for "reasonably preventable brain injuries".
Westpac unit BankSA has reached an agreement to settle a class action alleging it failed to detect the fraud of convicted Ponzi schemer Michael Samra.
Clothing manufacturer IFOTA has been ordered to open its books to shareholder Simba after it raised concerns about IFOTA's management and financial position.
Medical device manufacturer American Medical Systems has reasserted that it cannot face claims under Australian consumer laws over its allegedly defective vaginal mesh products because it only supplied the products to a US subsidiary.
A court has found Ariosa Diagnostics infringed a patent held by Sequenom for a noninvasive prenatal genetic test, and ruled one claim of the patent invalid for lack of fair basis.