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Ex-credit union CEO charged over board vote-rigging probe
Financial Services 2018-10-17 3:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The former CEO of a Victoria-based credit union has been hit with a criminal charge in relation to an ASIC probe into voting irregularities during a 2015 election for two company board seats.

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Federal Court to weigh in on genome editing patent
Ashurst 2018-10-17 3:22 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A South Korean biotech company has filed an appeal with the Federal Court after an Ashurst partner succeeded in opposing the company’s proposed patent for a genome editing technology.

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Goodman Fielder fights bid to have pasta trade marks deregistered
Clayton Utz 2018-10-16 11:15 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Food manufacturer Goodman Fielder has shot back against claims by rival Conga Foods that six of its trade marks for pasta products should be deregistered for non-use.

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Sportsbet wins dismissal of ‘snakeman’ trade mark suit
Bird & Bird 2018-10-16 9:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Sportsbet has won the dismissal of a trade mark lawsuit brought by a Melbourne-based snake handler who goes by the name of “snakeman” over an ad by the online bookmaker featuring an incompetent snake charmer.

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Clive Palmer files trade mark suit in bid to register United Australia Party
Energy & Natural Resources 2018-10-15 10:42 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Clive Palmer is suing the expelled directors of a Queensland political party for allegedly infringing on his trade mark for the United Australia Party, the party he wants to register in his pursuit of a political comeback.

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Global litigation funder moves into Australia
Class Actions 2018-10-15 10:10 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Sydney

A global litigation funder that’s bankrolling some of the country’s largest class actions is planning to put down roots in Australia.

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Judge to rethink Glencore in-house counsel’s access to Cargill deal docs
Agriculture 2018-10-15 9:27 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

An appeals court has ordered the judge overseeing a fraudulent concealment trial over Cargill’s $420 million purchase of the Joe White malt business to reconsider his decision to allow an in-house lawyer at Glencore to access “highly confidential” deal documents.

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Airservices judge OKs common fund despite Westpac’s Money Max appeal
Appeals 2018-10-12 11:23 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A federal judge has signed off on a funding agreement in an employment class action against Airservices, even as he acknowledged a pending challenge to a landmark ruling that established the right of the court to make a common fund order.

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Mineral Resources entitled to critics’ names in consumer case over negative tweets, judge says
Bennett + Co 2018-10-12 9:31 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A director of a corporate advisory firm has been ordered to name names in his defence of a lawsuit brought by Mineral Resources over tweets suggesting the lithium mining company’s ore has a bad reputation in China.

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Ex-CBA banker to stand trial for role in $170M home loan fraud scheme
Article 2018-10-12 4:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A former mobile lender with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia will stand trial for his alleged role in a massive $170 million home loan fraud scheme that targeted Australia’s largest banks.

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