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Monster Energy hit with patent infringement suit over branded pull tabs
Food and Beverage 2023-04-13 2:48 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Monster Energy has been sued by an inventor who claims that the beverage giant infringed his patent for laser etched pull tabs like those used to package its energy drinks.

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Ex-Cushman & Wakefield director says $1.3M sign-on bonus with rival at stake in employment case
Bridie Nolan 2023-04-12 10:52 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A court has heard that a director at office leasing company Cushman & Wakefield who accepted a job with a competitor could lose a $1.3 million sign-on bonus if the case by her former employer is not promptly resolved.

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Medibank hit with shareholder class action over cyberattack
Baker McKenzie 2023-03-29 11:54 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Australia’s largest private health insurer Medibank has been hit with a shareholder class action in the wake of a massive cyberattack that left the data of 10 million customers exposed.

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Cato & Clive emails to be seen by Racing NSW as it mulls competition case
Ashurst 2023-03-29 7:42 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The NSW state racing authority has won access to communications between public relations firm Cato & Clive and five other racing bodies, including Racing Victoria, as it weighs a lawsuit alleging they plotted to exclude the body from the Australian horseracing industry. 

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Full Court to decide scope of whistleblower laws in ex-Greenwoods partner’s $13M case
Assured Legal Solutions 2023-03-22 11:42 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge hearing a lawsuit by an ex-Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills partner seeking $13 million in compensation from his former firm and Lendlease has ordered that the court first decide whether new whistleblower protections apply retrospectively.

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PFAS class action silk slams upcoming mediation as ‘solemn farce’
Catherine Gleeson 2023-03-16 9:57 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A senior barrister acting for a class action over the use of allegedly toxic firefighting foam on military bases has slammed an upcoming mediation as a “solemn farce”, as the federal government has said it will not be ready to commit to a settlement. 

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Optus ‘Boost’ promotions halted as Boost Tel lawsuit plays out
Ed Heerey 2023-03-16 4:31 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Telecommunications giant Singtel Optus has been barred from promoting various products using the word ‘boost’ until an intellectual property suit brought by Boost Mobile is resolved.

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Cushman & Wakefield director can’t shake injunction blocking jump to rival
Bridie Nolan 2023-03-16 3:10 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A director at office leasing company Cushman & Wakefield who accepted a job with a competitor has lost a bid to lift an injunction keeping her on garden leave for three months, with a judge finding she was the “author of her own misfortune” for failing to read her employment contract.

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Kanye West hit with burger shop’s costs after lawsuit thrown out
Entertainment 2023-03-14 10:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Kanye West, now known as Ye, has been ordered to foot the legal bill of a small Melbourne restaurant he sued, after the lawsuit was thrown out due to the artist’s failure to meet a deadline for filing evidence.

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Facebook to cop penalty in ACCC case over ‘misleading’ data protection app
ACCC 2023-03-10 3:20 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Facebook will face a penalty in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s case alleging it misled consumers by representing that its discontinued Onavo Protect mobile app would keep users’ personal activity data private.

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