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Full Court throws out ‘mistaken’ judgment on AFT’s Maxigesic ads
AFT Pharmaceuticals 2021-12-07 6:18 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
A judge was "mistaken" to find that AFT Pharmaceuticals' ads for its painkiller Maxigesic were misleading, with the Full Federal Court ruling there was an adequate scientific foundation for the ads' claims that the drug provided faster, better pain relief than paracetamol and ibuprofen alone.
Linchpin director loses second shot at staying appeal of 5-year ban
Appeals 2021-12-07 5:47 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney
Former Linchpin Capital director Peter Eugene Daly has come up short in his second bid to stay his appeal of a ruling that banned him from providing financial services for five years in light of separate proceedings brought by ASIC.
Dr Reddy’s must warn Celgene of plans to sell generic blockbuster cancer drug
Bristol-Myers Squibb 2021-12-07 2:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
Indian generics giant Dr Reddy’s Laboratories must give Bristol-Myers Squib unit Celgene Corporation three months’ notice before deciding to sell generic versions of blockbuster cancer drug Revlimid in Australia.
Class action accuses McDonald’s of denying workers unpaid rest breaks
Class Actions 2021-12-07 1:02 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney
Fast food giant McDonald’s has been hit with a class action alleging it systematically failed to provide employees with paid 10 minute rest breaks.
Banksia class action funder enters administration with no assets
Andrew Palmer 2021-12-07 12:24 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne
The litigation funder behind a fraudulent scheme in a class action over Banksia Securities has entered administration with negligible assets to its name.
Social media surgeon accused of ‘barbaric, botched’ procedures faces class action investigation
Class Actions 2021-12-07 11:46 am By Bianca Hrovat Sydney
Sydney-based plastic surgeon Daniel Lanzer is facing a potential class action lawsuit in the wake of a damning Four Corners investigation which accused him of “gruesome” and “barbaric” practices.
Former CFO dragged into Westpac’s $294M fraud case against Forum Group
Allens 2021-12-07 11:45 am By Miklos Bolza Sydney
The former chief financial officer of beleaguered Forum Group has been dragged into a lawsuit by Westpac seeking to recoup $294 million in funds paid into an alleged fraudulent scheme.
On trial for ‘parody of court hearing’, judge says he made a mistake
Appeals 2021-12-06 9:25 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney
A Federal Circuit Court judge has hit back at accusations he conducted “the grossest parody of a court hearing” when he unlawfully imprisoned a Queensland man for contempt of court, telling a trial “he is a human being [who] made a mistake”.
Boart Longyear hit with patent lawsuit over drilling tool
Energy & Natural Resources 2021-12-06 7:05 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
US-based mineral exploration company Boart Longyear has been hit with a lawsuit alleging its core orientation drilling products infringe a patent owned by Australian Mud Company.
Judge slugs Oxymed with $3M penalty for pushing ‘pseudo-scientific’ therapy
Australian Government Solicitor 2021-12-06 4:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
An alternative therapies clinic in Victoria has been hit with $3 million in penalties for allegedly promoting “pseudo-scientific” treatments to vulnerable people with chronic illnesses in posts on social media and its website.