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Judge finds real risk of ASIC case against former IOOF exec
Former IOOF chairman George Venardos will be allowed to object to incriminating evidence and discovery in proceedings brought by APRA, after a court found there was a real and appreciable risk that ASIC could also bring a civil case against him.
Judge sends suit in Mineralogy Sino Iron litigation ‘shemozzle’ to WA
A Federal Court judge has transferred a case brought against Clive Palmer and his firm Mineralogy to the Western Australian Supreme Court, where a number of suits are pending in what has been described as "litigious warfare" over the $5.8 billion Sino Iron Ore project.
Nine settles defamation suit by plastic surgeon over fatal nose job article
Nine Entertainment Company has resolved a defamation lawsuit brought by a prominent Sydney cosmetic surgeon over an article that appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald about the death of a criminal figure during a nose job procedure.
WorleyParsons unit to contest $132M arbitration award in Vietnamese mining dispute
Engineering firm Jacobs E&C, which was acquired by WorleyParsons last year, has said it will resist an arbitration judgment of around $132 million handed down against it in March to the operator of a Vietnamese mine.
GSK narrowly defeats ACCC’s case over revised Osteo Gel packaging
GlaxoSmithKline has defeated claims by the ACCC that revised packaging for its now-discontinued pain killer Osteo Gel misled consumers. The drug maker will face penalties for earlier violations it admitted to, but the court hinted the damages will be nowhere near the $6 million competitor Reckitt Benckiser faced in a similar case.
Jack de Belin weighs appeal as judge upholds NRL’s stand-down rule
Rugby league player Jack de Belin is weighing an appeal after losing his court challenge to the NRL’s “no fault” stand-down rule, while the players' representative body considers a collective dispute under the Fair Work Act.
Court approves investors’ takeover of Angas Securities
The Federal Court has approved a scheme of arrangement which will see investors take a 70 per cent stake in troubled fund manager Angas Securities, receiving a possible $52.2 million in shares and other assets.
Lecturer sacked over swastika drops political opinion claim against University of Sydney
A former political economy lecturer who was fired from the University of Sydney for a seminar slide that imposed the Nazi swastika on the Israeli flag has narrowed his case against his old employer, dropping allegations he was unlawfully terminated for expressing his political opinion.
Ex-partner files sex discrimination lawsuit after leaving national firm
A former employment law partner at a national Australian law firm is suing her former employer for sex discrimination, after her original complaint was thrown out by the Human Rights Commission.
BASF sues to stamp out alleged infringement of termite control patent
Chemicals giant BASF has dragged an Australian pest control company to court for allegedly violating its patent for an underground termite control system.