The judge overseeing the lengthy trial between agricultural giants Cargill and Viterra over the $420 million sale of malt producer Joe White has shot down Viterra’s request to shield the identity of malting companies that allegedly engaged in shady business practices, including using a banned substance to produce malt.
Industry group Meat & Livestock Australia is challenging a ruling allowing US company Branhaven’s cow genome patent to proceed, after a judge called the group’s challenge to Branhaven’s amendments to the patent “bizarre” and “flimsy”.
An appeals court has dashed the hopes of three group members of a resolved class action over managed investment schemes operated by agribusiness Great Southern Group who sought more time to appeal approval of the settlement deed, which put them on the hook for repaying their loans to Bendigo and Adelaide Bank.
The judge overseeing the marathon trial between agricultural giants Cargill and Viterra over the $420 million sale of malt producer Joe White has shot down objections to both parties’ expert reports related to whether it was common industry practice to cheat customers by failing to comply with contract details and providing misleading malt test results.
A judge has put a proposal for a common fund order in a class action against sandalwood producer Quintis on hold as the court awaits judgment in an historic challenge to the power of courts to make common fund orders.
US company Branhaven has won leave to amend its cow genome patent after a judge dismissed opposition by industry bodies Meat & Livestock Australia and Dairy Australia as “flimsy” and “bizarre”.
Agricultural giant Cargill has been ordered to hand over documents to Glencore regarding its use of an unauthorised type of barley before and after its $420 million acquisition of malt producer Joe White.
A shareholder class action led by Bannister Law against sandalwood oil producer Quintis will be absorbed by rival law firm Gadens in a consolidation agreement that ends a battle over the competing cases.
The judge overseeing a fraudulent concealment trial over Cargill’s $420 million purchase of the Joe White malt business has reaffirmed an earlier ruling allowing an in-house counsel at Glencore to access documents related to the possible sale of Cargill’s malting business.
The former managing director of Murray Goulburn will be hit with a $200,000 penalty for being knowingly concerned in false representations made by the dairy producer to farmers about the farmgate milk prices it would pay during the 2015-16 milk season.