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a2 Milk settles trade mark spat with Open Country
Clayton Utz 2021-09-28 2:16 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne
The a2 Milk Company has reached a settlement in its fight against New Zealand-based Open Country's trade mark containing the jealously guarded 'a2', with the rival dairy supplier dropping its successful application to register the mark.
Judge won’t let two class actions against Freedom Foods, Deloitte run in parallel
Alistair Pound 2021-09-22 1:59 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
A judge has rejected an application by the plaintiffs in two class actions against Freedom Foods and Deloitte to run their cases side-by-side, but said she would have granted a bid to consolidate the proceedings had that been sought.
ATO wins info on 1,500 tax docs, teeing up potential privilege battle with CUB
Angela Lee 2021-09-21 5:44 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
Iconic Australian beer manufacturer Carlton & United Breweries has lost an appeal seeking to shield information about 1,500 allegedly privileged documents from the Australian Taxation Office.
Woolworths says $330M underpayments remediation should scuttle FWO’s case
Adero Law 2021-09-21 2:16 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
Supermarket giant Woolworths has denied the Fair Work Ombudsman is entitled to seek compensation for its underpayment of staff, saying its $330 million remediation to affected employees fully answers the regulator's case.
MIS regime poses ‘real risk’ to consolidating Freedom Foods class actions, court told
Accounting 2021-09-17 10:16 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
Recent changes to the law requiring funded class actions to be registered as managed investment schemes have complicated the question of how best to resolve the multiplicity issue in two class actions brought against Freedom Foods and Deloitte.
ACCC concerned JBS acquisition would give it too much pork on its fork
ACCC 2021-09-16 12:58 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
The ACCC has called for further public submissions on a proposed acquisition by JBS Australia of a Singapore-owned pig farm and abattoir business after it raised preliminary competition concerns with the $175 million sale.
Monster Energy takes PepsiCo to court over ‘Monster Munch’ trade mark
Allens 2021-09-07 11:48 am By Sam Matthews Melbourne
Monster Energy has instituted court proceedings against PepsiCo after failing to block the beverage giant from registering the 'Monster Munch' trade mark for the iconic British kids corn snack in Australia.
PwC settles Zilzie Wines lawsuit over unsolicited R&D tax advice
Accounting 2021-09-01 5:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne
A settlement has been reached in a Murray Darling wine making family's lawsuit accusing PricewaterhouseCoopers of providing bad unsolicited tax advice that caused them more than $200,000 in losses.
EY asks court to toss negligence case over Coca-Cola Amatil’s SPC sale
Accounting 2021-08-31 10:55 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne
Consulting giant EY wants a court to dismiss a case brought by a joint venture alleging negligence in due diligence reports of Coca-Cola Amatil's $40 million sale of fruit processing business SPC.
Domino’s class action reluctant to be class closure ‘guinea pig’
Class Actions 2021-08-30 3:21 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
A judge has again suggested the Full Court should weigh in on whether the court has the power to make class closure orders, but the barrister for the applicant in an underpayments class action against Domino's Pizza told the judge her client may not want to be the test case.