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Quantum used threats to push its property managers on affordable housing scheme participants, ACCC claims
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-04-29 12:32 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The consumer regulator has dragged Western Australia’s Quantum Housing and its sole director to court for allegedly engaging in unconscionable conduct and false, misleading or deceptive conduct in relation to a government-sponsored affordable housing program that incentivises below-market rentals.

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Flight Centre faces court action by workers for alleged systemic underpayment
Employment 2019-04-26 11:51 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Flight Centre has been hit with legal action on behalf of employees accusing the travel giant of short-changing its workers through commission-based payments.

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King & Wood Mallesons lands two dispute resolution hotshots
Consumer Goods 2019-04-26 11:42 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

International law firm King & Wood Mallesons has nabbed two leading litigators to bolster the ranks of its dispute resolution practice, the firm said Friday.

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Nine defamed British tourist with ‘coward punch’ broadcast, court finds
Bruce McClintock 2019-04-26 9:32 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Nine Network has been ordered to pay a British tourist $100,000 in a defamation suit over a news broadcast that aired following his acquittal on assault charges related to a brawl with rugby player that used the term “coward punch” to describe the dust-up.

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Red Bull wins cancellation of Bullsone’s trade mark after auto parts company a no-show
Chief Justice James Allsop 2019-04-26 1:17 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Energy drink giant Red Bull has won judgment against South Korea’s Bullsone in a battle over the auto parts company’s Australian trade mark for a leaping red and black bull. 

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Forex trader Berndale Capital placed into receivership
Financial Services 2019-04-26 12:48 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has won its bid for a court order placing Melbourne-based forex trader Berndale Capital into receivership for allegedly failing to safeguard client money.

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PE company sues to enforce $161M arbitration award against Spain
Arbitration 2019-04-24 10:45 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Two units of private equity company Antin Infrastructure Partners have taken their legal battle with Spain to Australian court, filing a lawsuit to enforce a $161 million arbitration award related to investments the companies made in two solar plants in southern Spain.

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Sanofi drops injector pen patent case against Alphapharm
Article 2019-04-24 8:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

After losing its fight for a temporary injunction, Sanofi-Aventis has dropped its patent lawsuit against Alphapharm over the generic drug maker’s plans to market a competing insulin injector pen in Australia.

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Generic drug maker Juno can’t withdraw admission ahead of trial over Velcade patent
Article 2019-04-24 1:32 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A judge has refused an application by generic drug maker Juno Pharmacueticals to withdraw an admission in a battle with Millennium Pharmaceuticals over its cheap version of breakthrough cancer drug Velcade, denying Juno a potential defence to allegations of patent infringement.

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Class action seeks emails, board notes from Woolworths execs
Class Actions 2019-04-24 12:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A shareholder class action against Woolworths related to its downward revision of a 2015 profit guidance is seeking emails and other documents from a slew of current and former company executives, including the grocery chain’s former Chairman and CEO, who departed in the wake of disappointing financial results.

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