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Judge won’t stall opt out notice in AMP class action
A court has given the green light for opt out and registration notices to be sent to group members in a shareholder class action against AMP, despite objections by the lead plaintiff in a competing class action.
Treasury Wines keeps up fight over law firm’s new class action
Treasury Wine Estates has challenged a ruling that Maurice Blackburn did not breach its obligations by using material from a now settled class action against it to draft new class action pleadings.
Maurice Blackburn didn’t breach obligations by filing new TWE class action
Maurice Blackburn did not breach its obligations by using material from a now settled class action against Treasury Wine Estates to draft new class action pleadings against the wine maker, a court has found.
Hytera can’t ‘repackage’ deputy director as lay witness to avoid evidence rules on relevance
A judge has found that Hytera Communications cannot "repackage" evidence given by one of its deputy directors to avoid rules about opinion evidence while defending a copyright infringement case by Motorola Solutions.
Hytera loses latest bid to vacate Motorola trial over worries about witnesses catching coronavirus
Hytera Communications has lost its latest attempt to adjourn an upcoming virtual trial in a copyright case brought by rival Motorola, despite concerns by the Chinese radio manufacturer that witnesses could be exposed to the coronavirus if forced to travel to give evidence.
Judge ‘regrettably’ postpones Boral class action beauty parade in light of High Court challenge
A judge has pushed off a heated contest between law firms vying to lead a shareholder class action against construction giant Boral for what could be a year as a landmark High Court challenge plays out.
Judge grapples with ‘most complicated’ adjournment bid in Hytera, Motorola dispute
Hytera Communications argued it should be granted a late-stage bid to postpone its copyright trial with Motorola Solutions, in what a judge called "the most complicated adjournment application" he'd ever heard.
Law firms set stage for Boral class action beauty parade
Two law firms that filed competing shareholder class actions against construction giant Boral have asked the court to permanently stay the other's proceeding, after the judge overseeing the matter said he might wait until the High Court's ruling on the AMP class action beauty parade before deciding which class action should move forward.
‘Disruptive and unsatisfactory’: Hytera slammed for late stage bid to adjourn copyright trial
Motorola has slammed Chinese radio manufacturer Hytera's "disruptive and unsatisfactory" request to adjourn a highly anticipated copyright trial over the alleged theft of source code which is due to begin in three weeks.
Hytera can’t claim Motorola purposefully delayed notification of source code theft
A judge has rejected new evidence sought to be advanced by Hytera Communications in its IP battle with Motorola that Motorola deliberately delayed notifying Hytera of possible theft of its source code because it wanted to improve its market position.