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Aft goes on the offensive, files lawsuit over new Maxigesic ads
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-02-26 2:04 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

AFT Pharmaceuticals has filed a lawsuit seeking to pre-empt competitor Reckitt Benckiser from pursuing a lawsuit against it over recent ads for its painkiller Maxigesic.

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Unilever appeals loss over Nivea deodorant claims
Allens 2019-02-26 11:03 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Unilever is not ready to put its long-running consumer case against competitor Beiersdorf to rest, filing a challenge to a ruling that Beiersdorf did not make misleading claims about its Nivea clinical strength deodorant products.

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Labor proposes ACCC post-merger reviews
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-02-25 10:36 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A Labor government would require the ACCC to conduct post-merger reviews to test claims made at the time the transaction was approved.

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Clive Palmer loses appeal of order freezing $200M in assets in Queensland Nickel case
Alexander Law 2019-02-25 10:10 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Clive Palmer has lost a bid to overturn an order freezing more than $200 million in his personal assets in a case brought by the liquidators of collapsed Queensland Nickel.

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Ramsay Health denies anti-competitive conduct over failed day surgery
Baker McKenzie 2019-02-25 9:17 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Ramsay Health Care has denied its conduct towards a group of surgeons seeking to open a rival clinic in Coffs Harbour, NSW was anti-competitive or a misuse of market power, telling the court on the first day of trial that the venture was doomed to fail.

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Former MP Ian Macdonald gets conviction overturned
Energy & Natural Resources 2019-02-25 9:11 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A five-member appeals panel in the NSW Supreme Court has overturned former NSW Labor Minister for Mineral Resources Ian Macdonald’s conviction for wilful misconduct of public office in relation to the Doyles Creek Mining scandal.

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Damages fight in infringement case over fruit container patents wraps up
Article 2019-02-25 3:25 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A damages battle in an infringement case over two patents for the ubiquitous plastic produce containers found in grocery stores across Australia is over, with the fight settling ahead of a hearing.

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Wavetrain drops bid to block Next Generation from talking about its IP
Bird & Bird 2019-02-25 2:24 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Railway technology company Wavetrain Systems has dropped its bid for a court order barring a  competitor started by its former CEO from making allegedly false claims about its patented rail safety devices to clients.

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Judge makes ‘irresistible’ order that Pitcher Partners pay $3.3M in costs over hidden error
Alastair Vincent 2019-02-25 2:13 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Pitcher Partners just found another reason to challenge a ruling that it owes $5.6 million in damages for concealing an accounting error from a client — a ruling that socks it with $3.3 million in legal costs for its “deceit”.

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‘Misconceived’ Sanofi appeal over injector pen patent gets shot down by Full Court
Appeals 2019-02-25 1:34 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The Full Court has denied a request by Sanofi that it review a judge’s refusal to block Alphapharm from listing its Semglee insulin injector pen on the PBS, calling the pharmaceutical giant’s appeal “misconceived”.

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