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Mercy Hospital can give pregnant Jehovah’s Witness blood transfusion if needed
Gadens 2018-09-07 10:42 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Mercy Hospital for Women in Melbourne can give a pregnant 17-year-old Jehovah’s witness a blood transfusion if her life is at risk during or after childbirth, a judge has found, despite the girl’s refusal to consent on religious grounds.

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Prospa to fix unfair contract terms after ASIC probe delayed float
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-09-07 9:29 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Online lender Prospa has agreed to alter unfair terms in its standard form small business loan contracts, after it delayed a planned float due to concerns raised by ASIC about its loan terms.

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Bellamy’s wants judge to limit costs of competing class actions
Class Actions 2018-09-07 9:28 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A year after the Federal Court issued its important ruling on competing class actions and foreshadowed orders prohibiting duplicative legal fees, the company at the centre of the proceedings — organic baby food maker Bellamy’s — has called on the court to make good on its promise about costs.

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VW will refund purchasers of cars that fail within 60 days
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-09-07 12:13 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Volkswagen has agreed to offer refunds or replacements to consumers if a defect makes a car un-drivable within the first 60 days after purchase without requiring proof of a major failure.

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ASIC sues NAB over $100M in fees for no service
Financial Services 2018-09-06 7:29 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

ASIC has taken two NAB wealth management units to court for allegedly charging superannuation members around $100 million in fees for services they never received.

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Monster Energy loses challenges to trade mark registrations
Collision & Co 2018-09-06 6:08 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Energy drink giant Monster Energy Company has  come up short in two oppositions to trade mark registrations which it claimed would infringe its marks.

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Codeine patents involve natural parts that can’t be patented, court told
Arnold Bloch Leibler 2018-09-06 3:12 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

TPI Enterprises has gone on the offensive in a patent lawsuit initiated by rival poppy processor Tasmanian Alkaloids, saying the patents at the centre of the suit describe natural parts that can’t be patented.

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Hearing aid cos. face $2.5M fine over misleading ads
Consumer Goods 2018-09-06 1:44 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Two hearing aid companies have agreed to pay a $2.5 million penalty over ads that misled pensioners about benefits available under the government’s Hearing Services Program, and the ACCC has warned another enforcement action against a hearing aid company is imminent.

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Reckitt wins round in challenge to S.C. Johnson toilet bowl cleaner patent
Consumer Goods 2018-09-05 11:26 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser has successfully opposed a proposed patent for a toilet bowl cleaner filed by rival S.C. Johnson, but a delegate for IP Australia has allowed the company to amend its patent application.

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Adani faces $2.7M fine over spill at Abbot Point coal terminal
Energy & Natural Resources 2018-09-05 11:22 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

An Adani Group subsidiary is facing a fine of up to $2.7 million in an enforcement action by Queensland’s environment regulator over an unauthorised discharge of sediment water from its Abbot Point Coal terminal.

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