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Mastec wins docs in wheelie bin design copying case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-09-28 10:22 pm By Miklos Bolza

Mobile garbage bin manufacturer Mastec Australia can access documents from a group of city councils and waste management firms to calculate damage it suffered from rival Trident Plastics unlawful copying of its wheelie bin design.

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Sydney Theatre Company waited 18 months before acting on Geoffrey Rush sexual harassment claim, court hears
Allens 2018-09-26 10:42 pm By Miklos Bolza

A lawyer for Geoffrey Rush told a judge Wednesday that the Sydney Theatre Company did not commence an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment by Geoffrey Rush until 18 months after an actress made the complaint during a “off-the-record” conversation in a bar.

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IVF clinic sues rival for copying ‘chubby cheeks’ ad campaign
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-09-26 5:17 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

An IVF clinic that pioneered the use of artificial intelligence for embryo selection has sued a rival clinic for allegedly copying an advertising campaign featuring the slogan “more chubby cheeks”.

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Empower Institute ‘duped’ vulnerable consumers, judge rules
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-09-19 7:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

Vocational trainer Empower Institute engaged in unconscionable conduct by “duping” disadvantaged consumers into enrolling in courses they couldn’t afford with the promise of free laptops and cash, a judge ruled Wednesday.

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Hastie liquidators battle major builders over millions in unpaid bills
Clayton Utz 2018-09-14 11:30 pm By Christine Caulfield

Liquidators for failed engineering services company Hastie Group have a fight on their hands over tens of millions of dollars in unpaid invoices from construction companies, with major builders claiming not only that they don’t have to pay, but that the bills aren’t payable.

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Geoffrey Rush to argue accuser ‘distressed’ by break-up
Ashurst 2018-09-12 8:34 pm By Miklos Bolza

Geoffrey Rush’s legal team plans to question his King Lear co-star over a break-up with her partner, arguing the actress at the centre of a defamation case might have been distressed by the relationship split, not by any allegedly inappropriate behaviour by the Oscar-winning actor.

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Cargill wins bid to call King & Wood Mallesons solicitor as a witness
Agriculture 2018-09-11 11:29 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has granted Cargill Australia’s request to call a King & Wood Mallesons solicitor that represented Viterra as a witness in the epic trial over the $420 million sale of Viterra’s Joe White business to Cargill in 2013.

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Nurofen superiority claims breached consumer law, Full Court affirms
Bird & Bird 2018-08-24 11:19 am By Cat Fredenburgh

The Full Federal Court has shot down Reckitt Benckiser’s appeal of a ruling that it misled consumers with claims that its Nurofen is a more effective pain killer than rival GlaxoSmithKline’s Panadol.

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Judge overlooked crucial evidence in Nurofen case, Full Court hears
Bird & Bird 2018-08-20 10:23 pm By Miklos Bolza

A Federal Court judge skipped vital witness testimony when he ruled Reckitt Benckiser misled consumers about the effectiveness of its Nurofen painkiller, the pharmaceutical company told the Full Federal Court Monday.

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Viterra points finger at ex-employees in trial over $420M Joe White sale
Agriculture 2018-08-20 9:44 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Viterra is blaming several former employees for representations made about malt quality in the lead-up to the $420 million sale of its Joe White business to Cargill Australia in 2013.

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