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GetSwift weighs bid to toss law firm from ASIC action
Class Actions 2019-03-01 1:21 pm By Miklos Bolza

GetSwift has warned it may seek an injunction blocking Johnson Winter & Slattery from acting as instructing lawyers to the corporate cop in its enforcement action against the logistics company, saying the firm provided advisory work for it last year.

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Lundbeck earned $51.7M in settlements with generic makers over Lexapro patent
Clayton Utz 2019-02-27 10:09 pm By Christine Caulfield

Danish pharmaceutical giant Lundbeck secured $51.7 million in settlements to end infringement litigation with three generic makers over its patent for the top-selling Lexapro, the company has revealed.

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Otsuka can press ahead with ‘inconsistent’ defences in Abilify patent dispute
Allens 2019-02-27 8:38 pm By Miklos Bolza

Otsuka Pharmaceuticals and Bristol Myers-Squibb can retain their defences in an ongoing patent dispute over antipsychotic drug Abilify, after the Federal Court dismissed a strike out bid by the Commonwealth of Australia over the allegedly “inconsistent” pleadings.

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Aft goes on the offensive, files lawsuit over new Maxigesic ads
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-02-26 2:04 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

AFT Pharmaceuticals has filed a lawsuit seeking to pre-empt competitor Reckitt Benckiser from pursuing a lawsuit against it over recent ads for its painkiller Maxigesic.

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Law firm can’t replace uncooperative expert in KPMG class action, judge says
Corrs Chambers Westgarth 2019-02-22 4:17 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has denied law firm Piper Alderman’s request to replace an uncooperative expert witness in a class action against KPMG over a failed takeover offer, three weeks before the matter goes to trial.

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REA, Domain settle trade mark lawsuit over realestate.com redirect
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-02-21 10:32 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Property listing rivals REA Group and Domain have settled a trade mark lawsuit over an agreement between Domain and the owner of US website realestate.com to redirect Australian traffic to Domain’s website.

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Sandoz ordered to pay Lundbeck over $26.3M for infringing Lexapro patent
Clayton Utz 2019-02-19 10:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

Generic drug maker Sandoz must pay $26.34 million to Danish pharmacuetical giant Lundbeck and a subsidiary for infringing the Australian patent behind the blockbuster antidepressant Lexapro, a judge has found.

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Judge orders recalculation of ‘excessive’ $5.8M bill by liquidators of SK Foods unit
Corrs Chambers Westgarth 2019-02-14 10:02 pm By Christine Caulfield

A $5.8 million bill for four years’ work by the liquidators of SK Foods unit Cedenco has been criticised by a judge as “outside the band of reasonable remuneration” and will have to be recalculated.

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Quintis class fails in bid for speedy common fund order
Agriculture 2019-02-13 9:48 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has put a proposal for a common fund order in a class action against sandalwood producer Quintis on hold as the court awaits judgment in an historic challenge to the power of courts to make common fund orders.

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TPI agrees to stop selling high codeine poppy seed, for now
Arnold Bloch Leibler 2019-02-12 9:37 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Poppy processor TPI Enterprises has agreed to stop selling seed from high codeine poppy plants while it defends a lawsuit by rival Tasmanian Alkaloids alleging TPI infringed two of its innovation patents for high codeine-concentrated poppy.

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