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Last stop for ACCC as High Court refuses leave to appeal Pacific National, Aurizon deal
ACCC 2020-12-08 1:34 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The ACCC has reached the end of the line in its challenge to Pacific National’s $205 million acquisition of Aurizon’s Acacia Ridge Terminal in Queensland, with the High Court dismissing the competition regulator’s application to take up the appeal.

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Doctors can’t ‘rewrite history’ as judge puts deep sleep therapy defamation case to bed
Anais d'Arville 2020-11-26 1:39 pm By Miklos Bolza Melbourne

Two psychiatrists at the heart of the Chelmsford deep sleep therapy scandal have had their defamation cases against publisher HarperCollins dismissed ,with a judge finding the lawsuits were an attempt to “rewrite history” regarding harm done to patients receiving their controversial treatment.

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Google execs held ‘Oh shit’ meeting after report on location data disclosures, court hears
Anais d'Arville 2020-10-14 2:51 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A media report about Google’s location data privacy disclosures that set off investigations by consumer regulators in Australia and the US triggered crisis talks by senior executives of the search engine giant referred to as the ‘Oh shit meeting’, a court has been told.

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ACCC takes Pacific National, Aurizon terminal deal challenge to High Court
Alice Muhlebach 2020-06-26 10:15 am By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The competition regulator wants the High Court to hear its challenge to Pacific National’s $205 million acquisition of Aurizon’s Acacia Ridge Terminal in Queensland, saying the deal would entrench the rail freight carrier’s near monopoly on the east coast of Australia.

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Royal commission docs can be used in HarperCollins deep sleep defamation case
Anais d'Arville 2020-06-10 3:47 pm By Alison Eveleigh Sydney

A judge has given the green light for HarperCollins to use several documents from a royal commission in its defence of defamation proceedings brought against it by two psychiatrists at the centre of the deep sleep therapy scandal that rocked the medical world in the 1960s and 70s.

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‘An immediate conflict of interest’: Appeals court tosses opt out notices in AMP class action
Adam Hochroth 2020-06-04 3:57 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

An appeals court has vacated orders sending opt out and registration notices to shareholders in a class action against AMP after a successful challenge by the lead plaintiff in a competing class action that was stayed after a high-profile litigation beauty parade last year.

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Shareholder appeals judge’s refusal to freeze AMP class action
Adam Hochroth 2020-05-11 6:29 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A NSW Supreme Court decision refusing to put a Maurice Blackburn-led shareholder class action against AMP on ice pending a High Court challenge has been appealed by the lead applicant of a competing case.

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Court won’t freeze AMP class action amid High Court appeal
Adam Hochroth 2020-05-08 5:31 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judge has declined to put a Maurice Blackburn-led class action against AMP on hold while the High Court decides whether to overturn a ruling awarding the firm carriage of the matter following a high-stakes battle against three other law firms.

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ACCC loses appeal over $205M Pacific National, Aurizon terminal deal
ACCC 2020-05-06 5:41 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The ACCC has come up short in its appeal of a ruling that dismissed its challenge to Pacific National $205 million acquisition of Aurizon’s Acacia Ridge Terminal in Queensland, with the Full Federal Court also releasing Pacific National from an undertaking given to the court.

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ACCC strikes out again, loses misuse of market power case against Ramsay Health
ACCC 2020-03-12 5:38 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A court has tossed a case by the ACCC against Ramsay Health Care claiming that the global hospital group misused its market power by pressuring a group of doctors who planned to open their own day clinic.

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