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High Court lets stand Pfizer’s early discovery win
Ashurst 2018-06-04 10:55 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The High Court has rejected a bid by biopharmaceutical company Samsung Bioepis Australia to challenge a ruling granting Pfizer preliminary discovery for a potential patent infringement case over autoimmune drug Enbrel.

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Squire Patton Boggs appeals stay of GetSwift class action
Class Actions 2018-06-04 11:46 am By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Law firm Squire Patton Boggs is appealing a ruling that permanently stayed its case against technology startup GetSwift in favour of a competing class action.

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Marketing firms face multimillion dollar wage theft class actions
Adero Law 2018-06-04 11:22 am By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

In the wake of a major ruling approving a wage class action against fundraiser Appco, more “sham” contracting suits were launched Monday, this time against two international direct marketing companies.

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Unlockd and loaded: A startup takes on Google
Analysis 2018-06-01 10:21 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Unlockd’s case against Google is the first action in Australia to test a revamped law prohibiting misuse of market power, and one of the first private cases in the world to challenge Google’s dominance in court. For both sides, the stakes couldn’t be higher.

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ANZ, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup face criminal cartel charges
ANZ 2018-06-01 9:57 am By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

ANZ, Deustche Bank and Citigroup will be hit with criminal charges over an alleged cartel involving the institutional equity placement of ANZ shares that raised $2.5 billion in capital.

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Contingency fee ban on lawyers should be lifted, says law reform commission
Class Actions 2018-05-31 10:33 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Class action lawyers should be able to enter into contingency fee arrangements, the Australian Law Reform Commission said Thursday as part of proposals to reform the country’s much maligned class action regime.

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Jobs Minister Michaelia Cash to fight AWU subpoena in raids case
Article 2018-05-30 10:07 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Employment Minister Michaelia Cash vowed Thursday to challenge a subpoena ordered by the Federal Court to appear as a witness in a case over last year’s raids on the offices of the Australian Workers’ Union.

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Optus prevails in Telstra suit over ‘Empires End’ ad
Article 2018-05-30 3:21 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A judge has lifted an injunction against an Optus ad campaign after ruling that Telstra failed to make its case that the ‘Empires End’ campaign was misleading or deceptive.

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Funder gets $30M in landmark class action creating common fund
Class Actions 2018-05-30 11:56 am By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The litigation funder behind the Federal Court’s precedential ruling that established the first common fund order in an Australian class action has secured a $30.75 million payout in the case.

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Tractor maker Agrison named in bushfire class action
Article 2018-05-29 10:28 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Tractor company Agrison has been added as a defendant in a class action brought by victims of the 2015 bushfire near Ballarat that ripped through 4,000 hectares and destroyed 12 homes.

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