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Class action can claim Westpac unit knew about $1.9M Ponzi scheme
Allens 2018-08-14 9:23 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has denied a Westpac unit’s bid to strike allegations that it knew about a $1.9 million Ponzi scheme from a class action alleging the bank aided the Ponzi schemer’s illegal conduct.

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Law firm must pay for ‘ineffective’ radio ads, court says
Contracts 2018-08-14 9:21 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Employment law firm McDonald Murholme has lost an appeal in a case over $37,000 in unpaid bills for five months of radio advertisements on the Victorian Radio Network the firm said were ineffective.

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ACCC scores $5.5M in fines over polycarbonate cartel
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-08-13 11:27 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The ACCC has scored fines totaling $5.5 million in its case against companies and individuals involved in an alleged cartel over the supply of polycarbonate, a little more than a month before trial kicks off against the alleged mastermind behind the cartel.

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ACCC wins injunction against Aurizon
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-08-13 3:31 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The ACCC has won its request for an injunction blocking rail freight operator Aurizon from shutting its intermodal business down while a competition lawsuit the regulator filed over Aurizon’s proposed sale of the business to Pacific National makes its way through the court.

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McDonald’s to redesign cafe logo after lawsuit by Melbourne’s Corner Hotel
Clayton Utz 2018-08-13 1:52 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

McDonald’s has agreed to change its Corner Cafe logo, after the famed Corner Hotel in Melbourne filed a lawsuit claiming the global food giant’s new hipster cafe violates its trade marks.

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The most sought-after firms for IP litigation
Allens 2018-08-10 8:40 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

When it comes to bet-the-company matters that keep corporate counsel awake at night, intellectual property disputes often rank at the top of the list. And these eight law firms are the ones companies turned to the most last year when facing a courtroom battle over their IP.

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Barristers group appeals ‘Austbar’ trade mark ruling
Intellectual Property 2018-08-10 6:30 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

An Australian barristers group is seeking to appeal a ruling that allowed the Australian Bar Association to move forward with its plans to trade mark the terms “Austbar” and “Aust bar”.

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Slater & Gordon beats Maurice Blackburn to court with Brambles class action
Allens 2018-08-10 5:48 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Slater and Gordon has filed a shareholder class action against Brambles over its allegedly misleading and overly rosy 2017 financial forecasts, beating rival Maurice Blackburn to the punch almost 10 months after it announced it was investigating a shareholder class action against the logistics company.

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Cargill can add details of law firm meeting to case against Viterra
Agriculture 2018-08-09 11:42 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Cargill has won court approval to amend its pleading against Viterra to include details of a law firm meeting in which Viterra executives allegedly made assurances that there were no quality issues with its malt, more than two months into the trial over the $420 million sale of Viterra’s Joe White Maltings business to Cargill in 2013.

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TransUrban to release toll data to win ACCC approval of WestConnex deal
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-08-09 9:09 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

TransUrban has agreed to release detailed traffic data for its toll roads in New South Wales in hopes of winning the ACCC’s blessing of its proposed acquisition of a majority stake in the $16.8 billion WestConnex highway project.

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