Bayer has dropped its appeal to a ruling that quashed an extension for its patent covering an oral contraceptive, after the Full Court dealt drug makers a blow in two separate cases on how patent term extensions should be calculated.
Court-appointed receivers have told the court they should be trusted to determine the the best method for selling the Dover Heights mansion of Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick, warning a public auction “could turn into a circus”.
A NSW developer says law firm Sparke Helmore should face a heftier damages bill for its negligence in failing to alert it to an imminent deadline in two land sale contracts worth a combined $1.5 million that were part of a troubled $30 million development.
Discount pharmacy Priceline cannot trade mark the signature bright pink that adorns it shopfront signs and awnings, an IP Australia delegate has found.
Philips Electronics has hit back at a class action over recalled sleep apnea machines that contained a foam component that could allegedly degrade and cause consumers to inhale dangerous chemicals, saying the devices were not defective when they were sold.
Former One Nation senator Brian Burston has resolved court proceedings brought by a former staffer Wendy Leach accusing him of sexual harassment and discrimination.
The Fair Work Commission has found that aged care provider Baptcare unfairly dismissed an employee for refusing to comply with the company’s COVID-19 vaccination policy, but declined to order any remedies in a “pyrrhic victory” for the worker.
Car dealers that have brought a class action against General Motors over its decision to retire the Holden brand in Australia rejected offers of compensation totaling close to $5 million, according to court documents.
A judge has approved a 40 per cent group costs order for the law firm that’s running a class action against KPMG and former directors of collapsed mining company Arrium, the highest approved since the state began allowing lawyers to earn a cut of class action awards.
Accounting giant KPMG has resolved a lawsuit brought by a principal director who alleged he was told to “change and adjust” to “belittling” attacks by a partner on the debt advisory team.