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Judge can’t swallow wheat grass passing off case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-05-04 1:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has thrown out a lawsuit by an international health food supplement maker that accused its former Australian distributor of passing off its own products to sell to Woolworths.

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Commonwealth Bank admits data breach of 20 million accounts
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2018-05-03 2:30 pm By Christine Caulfield

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has admitted a breach of data affecting nearly 20 million accounts, but said Thursday there was no evidence that customers’ details were stolen.

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Patents for ubiquitous fruit containers are valid, judge rules
Intellectual Property 2018-05-02 11:16 pm By Christine Caulfield

A company that owns two innovation patents covering the ubiquitous produce containers in Australian grocery stores has successfully defended the validity of the inventions against claims they were neither inventive nor new.

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Maurice Blackburn to lead consolidated Sirtex class actions
Class Actions 2018-05-01 3:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge on Tuesday consolidated two shareholder class actions against life sciences company Sirtex Medical and appointed Maurice Blackburn as lead lawyers for the joint proceedings.

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Judge fines software developer $4.3M in copyright battle
Intellectual Property 2018-04-30 11:30 pm By Christine Caulfield

A Federal Court judge has ordered software development company Sea-Tech Automation to pay $4.3 million in a copyright case over a computer program for a drink monitoring system.

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AMP’s Salter denies misconduct, says he learnt of ousting from ASX
Legal Ethics 2018-04-30 9:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

AMP’s general counsel Brian Salter says he did not know he was sacked until he read the company’s announcement to the Australian Stock Exchange on Monday morning.

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Quinn Emanuel withdraws as class action reps after funder challenges fees
Class Actions 2018-04-30 4:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

Quinn Emanuel has been forced to bow out as class action counsel in a case against Bank of Queensland after litigation funder Vannin Capital called for the law firm’s $4 million fee to be challenged.

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Brennar resigns, GC out amid Clayton Utz report controversy
Financial Services 2018-04-30 12:01 pm By Christine Caulfield

AMP’s chairwoman Catherine Brennar has resigned and the firm’s general counsel has left, as the company faces possible criminal charges for misleading the corporate regulator over its decade-long practice of charging undue fees to clients.

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AMP could face criminal charges, Royal Commission hears
Financial Services 2018-04-27 11:24 pm By Christine Caulfield

AMP could be hit with criminal charges after counsel assisting the Royal Commissioner said Friday evidence before the commission had shown the wealth management firm may have broken the law when it charged fees for no service, lied about the practice to ASIC, and presented a heavily-edited Clayton Utz report to the corporate regulator as independent.

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ACTU wants new powers for workplace umpire
Employment 2018-04-27 9:46 pm By Christine Caulfield

Unions are calling for the Fair Work Commission to be given the authority to arbitrate industrial disputes and become a “one-stop shop” for workplace grievances.

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