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Mercedes-Benz can’t access chats with Labor senator in $650M dealer suit
Automotive 2022-08-04 11:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Mercedes can’t access communications between Australia’s peak body for car dealers and a Labor senator to use in its defence of a $650 million lawsuit over its decision to move to a fixed-price agency model.

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Mercedes bullied car dealers, called them ‘baby piglets’, court told
Automotive 2022-08-03 11:40 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Officials at the Mercedes-Benz Australia head office referred to car dealers as “baby piglets” in internal communications and threatened and bullied the retailers, a trial court has been told in a $650 million lawsuit over the car maker’s decision to move to a fixed-price agency model.

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Mercedes Benz CEO to hand over docs after dealers decry ‘unsatisfactory’ production
Automotive 2022-04-22 10:59 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Mercedes Benz Australia will produce 10,000 pages of documentary evidence alongside material from CEO Florian Seidler, in its fight against a $650 million lawsuit brought by Australian dealers over the car maker’s decision to move to a fixed-price agency model.

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Ex-Deloitte director accused of $3M fraud suspended from restructuring group
Deloitte 2022-04-21 2:29 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A former Deloitte director accused of embezzling $3.1 million to fund lavish purchases, including an extensive art collection, has been referred to police and suspended by an association for Australian restructuring professionals.

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Deloitte director ordered to repay $3M in case of ‘remarkable fraud’
Accounting 2022-04-20 4:06 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A former Deloitte director accused of embezzling $3.1 million has agreed to court orders that he repay the money and hand over title to all assets — including almost 100 works of art — purchased with the alleged misappropriated funds.

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Mercedes-Benz dealers lose ‘ambitious’ bid to view confidential head office docs
Automotive 2022-04-12 9:21 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Australian Mercedes-Benz dealers behind a $650 million lawsuit over the car maker’s decision to move to a fixed-price agency model have lost a bid for an “ambitious number” of dealers to view “super confidential” documents from the company’s head office in Germany.

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Novartis can’t appeal loss of experts in MS drug patent feud with Pharmacor
Appeals 2022-04-07 12:29 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The Full Federal Court won’t give Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Novartis the chance to appeal a ruling that threw out three of its four experts in a patent case against generic drug maker Pharmacor.

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Novartis challenges loss of experts in spat with Pharmacor over generic Gilenya
Appeals 2022-03-28 3:25 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Novartis wants to appeal a ruling in its dispute with generic drug maker Pharmacor over patents for its multiple sclerosis drug Gilenya that tossed three of its four experts out of an upcoming so-called hot tub.

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Independent candidate Zoe Daniel wins fight against council over yard signs
Adley Burstyner 2022-03-23 6:20 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

In a victory for Victorian independent candidate Zoe Daniel, the state’s Supreme Court has found that promotional signs displayed on lawns did not fall foul of a local council ban on unauthorised displays.

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Judge tosses Novartis experts out of ‘hot tub’ in MS drug patent dispute
Ben Mee 2022-03-18 5:54 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judge has slammed Novartis for putting forward four “overlapping” experts in a dispute with Pharmacor over patents for its MS drug Gilenya and thrown three of those experts out of an upcoming joint conferral, known as a “hot tub”.

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