A file note from a Herbert Smith Freehills lawyer is protected by legal professional privilege, a judge has ruled, shooting down a claim by the CFMMEU that the note may have been part of an unlawful scheme to block its merger with two other unions.
A judge refused Tuesday to step down from two cases brought by Bendigo and Adelaide Bank seeking to claw back loans from group members in a settled class action over Great Southern Group’s managed investment schemes, saying no apprehension of bias could arise.
A judge has found two patents held by an Eli Lilly & Co. unit for erectile dysfunction drug Cialis are valid and that generic manufacturer Apotex threatened to infringe the patents.
The two criminal cartel cases brought by the ACCC in the past three months are just the beginning, lawyers say, with three or four more criminal matters expected to be brought by the end of the year.
A judge has ruled in-house counsel at Glencore can’t view “highly confidential” documents related to the possible sale by Cargill of its Joe White malt business.
H.J. Heinz Company has been fined $2.25 million for marketing sugary snacks to kids as healthy, a fraction of the $10 million penalty sought by the ACCC.
AstraZeneca is appealing a Fair Work Commission decision that workers are guaranteed 10 days’ sick leave under the National Employment Standards regardless of how long their working day is.
The Full Federal Court has shot down Reckitt Benckiser’s appeal of a ruling that it misled consumers with claims that its Nurofen is a more effective pain killer than rival GlaxoSmithKline’s Panadol.
Private follow-on actions for consumer law violations will be easier to bring under a new bill recently introduced in the Senate, a potential boon to class action lawyers.
A maker of guard rails used on highways has won a judgment invalidating a rival’s patent, with a judge finding the patent lacks novelty.