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Crown Resorts faces AUSTRAC investigation over potential money laundering breaches
AUSTRAC 2020-10-19 11:16 am By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Crown Resorts is the target of an investigation by AUSTRAC’s enforcement team in connection with its dealings with high-risk customers at its Melbourne casino.

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AFP won’t bring charges against ABC journalist for Afghan Files leak
ABC 2020-10-15 9:50 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

ABC journalist Dan Oakes will not face charges for using leaked classified information in his reporting on alleged war crimes in Afghanistan by Australian special forces.

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Court issues mixed ruling in Merck Sharp & Dohme, Pfizer vaccine patent battle
Allens 2020-10-15 4:47 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Pharmaceutical rivals Merck Sharp & Dohme and Pfizer have both suffered a blow in their efforts to patent a better pneumococcal vaccine, with a judge upholding both infringement and invalidity claims in the long-running case over the blockbuster Prevnar 13 vaccine.

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‘Solicitors love them’: Judge rails against discovery ‘tsunami’ in class actions
Catherine Button 2020-10-15 11:47 am By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The judge overseeing a class action against Westpac over superannuation fees has criticised costly discovery processes that produce a “tsunami of material”, most of which is never used at trial.

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Qantas appeals court’s finding that it misapplied JobKeeper
Appeals 2020-10-15 11:27 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Qantas Airways will challenge a court’s finding that it incorrectly applied the JobKeeper scheme and underpaid its staff.

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Daily Mail says Erin Molan has history of ‘objectively racist’ conduct
Clayton Utz 2020-10-14 12:31 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The Daily Mail has fired back at a defamation lawsuit by sports broadcaster Erin Molan alleging its coverage of a remark she made during Nine’s Continuous Call radio program implied she was a racist, telling the court that Molan has a history of “objectively racist” conduct on air. 

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Nine loses appeal of $3.7M defamation award over 60 Minutes floods report
Appeals 2020-10-13 5:16 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The Nine Network has lost its challenge to a $3.7 million defamation judgment awarded to a prominent Queensland family over a 60 Minutes report that implied they were to blame for a 2011 flood event that killed 12 people.

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Boehringer appeals win for Merck in parasite patent spat
Appeals 2020-10-13 12:00 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim will take another crack at opposing a patent application for an injectable anti-parasite drug for livestock by a subsidiary of competitor Merck Sharp & Dohme.

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VW escapes ASIC responsible lending case with $4.7M remediation promise
ASIC 2020-10-12 4:08 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has settled its responsible lending case against Volkswagen’s financial services unit with an undertaking from the car financier to repay customers $4.7 million.

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AMP hits back at class action, says buy-out policy changes needed to avoid ‘BOLR run’
AMP 2020-10-12 2:13 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Changes to AMP’s buyer of last resort policy that reduced the multiple by which the wealth management firm would purchase advisers’ client registers was necessary to protect the business from a ‘BOLR run’, a court had been told.

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