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Therium snags 10-year ACCC veteran for Melbourne office
Class Actions 2019-01-30 9:58 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Litigation funder Therium Capital Management has brought on a former director from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to bolster its Australian funding team, less than a month after opening its doors in Melbourne.

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Lundbeck loses bid for damages increase in Lexapro patent case
Clayton Utz 2019-01-30 1:19 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Denmark-based Lundbeck cannot recover damages for the alleged infringement of its Lexapro patent by generic drug companies that it dropped its claims against, a judge has found.

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Full Court finds Nichia LED patent claims invalid
Allens 2019-01-29 10:54 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The Full Federal Court has shot down a challenge by Japanese electronics company Nichia Corp. to a ruling that Arrow Electronics did not infringe its patent for a white light emitting device.

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Labor government would ban unfair contract terms
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-01-25 8:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A future Labor government would pass reforms that make unfair contract terms illegal and punishable by fines of up to $10 million.

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Teva sues Pharmacor over Parkinson’s drug patent
Allens 2019-01-24 9:18 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Teva has taken generic drug maker Pharmacor to court for allegedly threatening to infringe its patent for a Parkinson’s drug.

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GPS giants lost their way with ‘lifetime’ claims, ACCC says
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-01-23 9:24 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

GPS device makers TomTom, Navman and Garmin will no longer claim they offer users lifetime services, after the ACCC flagged the claims for being potentially false, misleading and deceptive.

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Frydenberg says not so fast on post-Hayne Commission reforms
Article 2019-01-22 10:17 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said new laws may not be needed to remedy the cracks in the  financial system laid bare during the Hayne Royal Commission. 

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Amazon had no obligation to use GetSwift’s services, class action claims
Class Actions 2019-01-21 10:48 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

GetSwift failed to disclose to investors that under an agreement announced with Amazon, the e-commerce giant had no obligation to use the logistics provider for any of its deliveries, according to new court documents filed in the shareholder class action against GetSwift and its founders.

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Aged care royal commission warns providers against obstruction
Healthcare 2019-01-18 10:59 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Aged care service providers have been put on notice that they could face legal action for blocking whistleblowers from providing evidence to the aged care royal commission.

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Writers’ Guild settles dispute over screenwriter royalties
Entertainment 2019-01-18 10:11 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The Australian Writers’ Guild has resolved its long-running dispute with the Audio-Visual Copyright Society alleging the royalties distributor misdirected millions in royalties owed to Australian screenwriters.

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