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Tile maker Ceramiche wins trade mark fight with Caesarstone after ‘honest use’ ruling
Appeals 2020-07-29 3:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

Tile maker Ceramiche Caesar has prevailed in its challenge to a judge’s ruling allowing building products manufacturer Caesarstone to register two trade marks despite a finding that they were deceptively similar to one of its marks.

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AMP hit with class action by financial planners
AMP 2020-07-29 12:54 pm By Christine Caulfield

AMP has been hit with a cliass action by a group of financial planners over changes to its buyer of last resort policy last year, which cut the number of authoried advisers and retreated from a promise to buy back their businesses at a price based on a set multiple.

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Investment scheme wound up after ‘systematic misappropriation’ of $7M in funds
April Freeman 2020-07-28 9:49 pm By Miklos Bolza

A court has granted ASIC’s bid to wind up an illegal managed investment scheme whose operators fled to India following the “systematic misappropriation” of almost $7 million in investor funds.

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Telstra sues Optus over ‘more than ever before’ ad campaign
Clayton Utz 2020-07-28 5:08 pm By Miklos Bolza

Telstra has filed a lawsuit accusing Singtel Optus of breaching the Australia Consumer Law through ads that claim it is “covering more of Australia than ever before”.

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iSignthis lawsuit fails to plead how ASX caused $27M in losses, court finds
Brendan Lim 2020-07-28 3:17 pm By Miklos Bolza

A lawsuit by iSignthis seeking over $27 million in damages from the ASX has been sent back for revision, after a judge found the fintech had failed to causally link how a report by the exchange led to lost contracts with five clients.

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Romeo’s hit with underpayments class action
Adero Law 2020-07-28 2:42 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Supermarket chain Romeo’s has become the latest retailer to face a class action alleging it failed to pay staff for all hours worked.

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Westpac’s anti-money laundering woes worsen
Allens 2020-07-28 1:37 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Westpac anti-money laundering compliance troubles continue to worsen, with the bank reporting an additional 365,000 incomplete or inaccurate threshold transaction reports to AUSTRAC.

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Administrators for fashion retailer PAS Group lose battle with landlords over rent
Arnold Bloch Leibler 2020-07-24 11:04 pm By Christine Caulfield

Administrators for The PAS Group have failed in their bid to have almost $1.4M in rent declared an unsecured debt in the event the fashion retailer goes into liquidation amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Ex-Bellamy’s director Jan Cameron pleads not guilty to disclosure charges
ASIC 2020-07-24 10:58 pm By Christine Caulfield

Former Bellamy’s Australia director Jan Cameron has pleaded not gulty to two charges stemming from an alleged failure to disclose her stake in the organic baby food company.

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Norbrook appeals approval of Bayer’s animal antiseptic patent
Appeals 2020-07-24 10:45 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Veterinary pharmaceutical company Norbrook Laboratories has filed court proceedings after a delegate of IP Australia tossed its opposition to a patent by Bayer New Zealand for a bovine antiseptic treatment.

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