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“I’m at the end of my tether”: Ford class action judge vents
Allens 2018-04-19 7:54 pm By Miklos Bolza

A Federal Court judge has criticised the lack of progress in a major class action brought against Ford Australia, telling the applicant’s barrister to “get his act together”.

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ObjectiVision panned for not monetising University of Sydney patent
Allens 2018-04-19 7:24 pm By Miklos Bolza

A lawyer for the University of Sydney has attacked ObjectiVision for failing to produce any commercial benefits from the glaucoma detection method at the centre of a patent infringement dispute, despite holding exclusive rights to the technology for 11 years.

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Judge OKs class settlement with Wickham Securities’ trustee
Article 2018-04-18 10:58 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has signed off on a multi-million dollar settlement in a class action by retirees who claim they lost $27 million with the collapse of property lender Wickham Securities

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Apotex expert comes under fire at Lexapro patent infringement trial
Article 2018-04-18 9:56 pm By Miklos Bolza

Expert witnesses were pitted against each other Wednesday at a trial alleging generic makers infringed a patent covering the anti-depressant Lexapro, and Apotex’ consultant took the brunt of it.

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ASIC confirms AMP probe, as Morrison warns of jail time
Article 2018-04-18 6:29 pm By Christine Caulfield

The corporate regulator has confirmed it is investigating AMP over its ‘fees for no service’ practice revealed at the Hayne Royal Commission in stunning testimony Treasurer Scott Morrison on Wednesday called “deeply disturbing”.

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Settlement release frees Fairfax from 2nd defamation case
Article 2018-04-17 10:35 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has dismissed a second defamation case against Fairfax Media brought by an associate of a murdered Sydney businessman, ruling the plaintiff waived his right to sue again after dropping an earlier suit against the publisher for a $75,000 payout.

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Geneva Labs can’t expand fake Bio-Oil case
Article 2018-04-17 9:30 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has dismissed a bid by Geneva Laboratories to add the sole director of a healthcare product distributor as a defendant in a high-stakes case over counterfeit versions of its popular and premium-priced Bio-Oil line of skin-care products.

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S&P analysts take stand in class action trial
Article 2018-04-17 8:07 pm By Miklos Bolza

Two high ranking analysts from S&P Global have distanced themselves from the decision making process at the heart of a class action over toxic financial products given healthy ratings by the agency ahead of the global financial crisis.

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Judge won’t block ex-SAI Global exec from going to rival company
Article 2018-04-16 11:25 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has rejected a bid by information services company SAI Global Property to temporarily ban a former sales manager from working for a direct competitor, saying the executive could not have realistically remembered SAI’s list of thousands of clients.

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Lexapro maker squares off with generics in latest IP battle
Article 2018-04-16 9:19 pm By Miklos Bolza

The maker of the anti-depressant Lexapro faced off Monday against Apotex, Aspen Pharma and Sandoz at a court hearing over the rights to make generic versions of the top-selling product, with a barrister for Lundbeck slamming the three companies’ defence that their drugs were different.

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