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ATO appeals ruling in $60M dispute with Healius over lump sum payments
Appeals 2020-01-15 12:24 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The Australian Taxation Office has appealed a Federal Court judgment that healthcare company Healius could recover a tax refund and associated interest estimated to be worth about $60 million.

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Trial date vacated again in Country Care criminal cartel case
ACCC 2019-12-19 11:43 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A judge has vacated an upcoming trial date in a criminal cartel proceeding against mobile equipment provider Country Care Group and two individuals, and allowed the defendants to appeal a first-of-its-kind ruling on jury directions in criminal cartel cases.

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Pelvic mesh cases remind judge of the days when ‘mobile phones resembled house bricks’
AJB Stevens 2019-12-18 10:52 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A Federal Court judge has frowned on a bid to transfer 12 individual cases over allegedly defective pelvic mesh to various state and territory courts, saying the manner in which the cases had been brought reminded him of the 1990’s when “mobile phones resembled house bricks” and suggesting the cases could be brought as a class action.

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Gilead says Glaxo venture’s HIV patent invalid
Healthcare 2019-12-10 11:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

US biotech giant Gilead has struck back at a patent infringement lawsuit brought by a specialist HIV pharmaceutical company majority owned by GlaxoSmithKline, saying the patent at the centre of the lawsuit is invalid.

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Court approves settlement in NSW ambulance privacy class action
Centennial Lawyers 2019-12-10 4:12 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The NSW Supreme Court has approved a settlement in Australia’s first privacy class action, which was brought against the NSW government over a data breach by a contractor who sold private details of 130 ambulance workers to personal injury law firms, including Bannister Law.

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Juno challenges validity of patent for Pfizer’s pain drug Dynastat
Article 2019-11-12 9:44 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Australian drug maker Juno Pharmaceuticals has hit back at claims it is infringing the patent for US-based Pfizer’s post-operative pain killer Dynastat, saying the patent is invalid.

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Pfizer takes Sandoz to court for info on Enbrel biosimilar
Ashurst 2019-11-12 5:51 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Pfizer, maker of the blockbuster rheumatoid arthritis biologic Enbrel, has taken generic drug maker Sandoz to court for information on its Enbrel biosimilar, after winning a bid for preliminary discovery against Samsung Biopis to pursue a possible infringement case over the same drug.

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Settlement reached in NSW ambulance privacy class action
Centennial Lawyers 2019-11-07 1:24 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A class action against the NSW government over a contractor who took private details of 130 ambulance workers to on-sell to personal injury law firms, including Bannister Law, has settled.

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Country Care, prosecutors to battle it out over cartel charges ahead of trial
Alice Muhlebach 2019-11-06 8:31 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Mobility equipment provider Country Care Group will fight for the dismissal of three charges brought by federal prosecutors in the country’s first criminal cartel case against an Australian business.

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Expanded class definition tossed in Ethicon pelvic mesh class action
Class Actions 2019-11-01 9:42 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A Federal Court judge has reversed a prior ruling expanding the class in a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson unit Ethicon over allegedly defective pelvic mesh implants, saying he had “no confidence” new group members would have sufficient opportunity to opt out before judgment is delivered in a few weeks.

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