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Saputo in talks to sell milk plant to appease ACCC
Canadian dairy giant Saputo said Monday it is considering selling a milk plant in Victoria to smooth regulatory approval of its proposed $1.3 billion deal to buy Murray Goulburn.
Activ8me pays up for false ACCC endorsement
Teleco provider Activ8me has run afoul of the law by falsely claiming the ACCC gave its internet services the thumbs up, the consumer regulator said Monday.
Taronga Zoo faces court in trade mark battle
Sydney's iconic Taronga Zoo will bare its teeth in court Tuesday for the first hearing in its trade mark battle against the creators of Sydney Zoo, a wildlife reserve in Darling Harbour.
Game-changing ruling finds Spotless workers owed redundancy
Long-time employees of Spotless Services who were fired after a subsidiary lost a cleaning contract with a Sunshine Coast shopping centre were owed redundancy pay, the Federal Court has found in a precedential ruling.
Ex-Norton Rose partner can’t move mediation out of Sydney
A former Norton Rose employment partner in litigation with the firm over his firing has lost his bid to move next week's scheduled mediation out of Sydney.
AstraZeneca resolves Crestor patent spat with Generic Health
Pharmaceutical companies AstraZeneca and Generic Health have laid down their swords in a long-running patent dispute over AstraZeneca's cholesterol drug Crestor, two-and-a-half years after the High Court of Australia found the patent obvious and invalid.
Reckitt Benckiser to feel pain of GSK’s costs in Nurofen case
Reckitt Benckiser has been ordered to pay all of GlaxoSmithKline's legal bill after a judge found the drug giant misled consumers with claims that Nurofen was a more effective pain killer than its rival's Panadol.
Drink, drugs & a dodgy investigation can’t save a coal miner’s job
Alcohol, anti-depressants and the common use of bad language at the Illawarra coal mine did not excuse a sacked miner's threatening and expletive-laced phone calls to colleagues, the full Fair Work Commission has found.
Slater & Gordon auditor denies blame for investors’ loss
Auditing firm Pitcher Partners has filed its defence in a class action accusing it of wrongly signing off on Slater & Gordon's financial reports, denying responsibility for alleged material misstatements that investors say they relied on to their detriment.
Bank of Queensland settles class action over Sherwin scam
The Bank of Queensland has reached a settlement close to trial in a class action brought by investors in a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme masterminded by jailed scammer Bradley Sherwin.