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Judge approves $6.88M CFO in $25M Fonterra class action settlement
Class Actions 2023-09-21 11:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has approved a common fund order awarding $6.88 million to the funder behind a class action against Fonterra that settled for $25 million, opting not to wait for a much-anticipated appeals court ruling on the power to make CFOs at settlement.

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Care A2 Plus launches cross-claim in $200M dispute with US distributor
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-09-21 11:10 pm By Christine Caulfield

The rancour is rising between Care A2 Plus and its US business partner Gensco Pharma, with the infant formula company firing off a cross-claim in a lawsuit alleging it breached a lucrative distribution deal.

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Dan Murphy’s owner’s bid for Mornington Peninsula hotel raises competition concerns
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-09-21 10:44 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The competition regulator has again raised concerns about how a planned acquisition by Dan Murphy’s owner Endeavour Group could affect competition in a local market for takeaway liquor. In a statement of issues released Thursday, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission expressed preliminary worries that Endeavour’s purchase of the Rye Hotel on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula…

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High Court won’t step in to revive Energy Beverages’ ‘Motherland’ trade mark
Intellectual Property 2023-09-18 11:11 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The maker of Mother Energy drinks has failed to convince the High Court that it should weigh in on its long-running intellectual property spat with Vittoria Coffee, which ended in the removal of its ‘Motherland’ trade mark.

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Hungry Jack’s to take bite out of franchisee’s profits with ‘competing’ restaurants: suit
Franchises 2023-09-12 11:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

Hungry Jack’s faces calls for a court injunction preventing the burger chain from proceeding with plans to open restaurants in close proximity to a franchisee’s sites on NSW’s Central Coast.

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ACCC delays decision on Coles acquisition of Saputo plants
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-09-12 11:35 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The ACCC has delayed its decision on whether to greenlight Coles’ plans to acquire milk processing plants from Saputo, after expressing competition concerns about the $105 million deal.

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Care A2 tries again to block Gensco’s US suit over baby formula deal
Food and Beverage 2023-09-08 11:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Infant formula giant Care A2 will try again to block business partner Gensco from bringing claims against it in a US court that overlap with a $200 million Australian lawsuit over a deal to sell formula in the US.

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United Petroleum class action fights ‘stultifying’ security bid
Franchises 2023-08-29 9:41 pm By Sam Matthews

A franchisee class action against United Petroleum over the installation of allegedly loss-making Pie Face stores at its franchise sites is fighting two applications for security for costs which it says can’t be met, as funders take little interest in the case.

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Care A2 can’t block Gensco’s US lawsuit over soured baby formula deal
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-08-28 10:31 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has refused infant formula company Care A2’s bid to block US business partner Gensco from filing a lawsuit in Florida that overlaps with a $200 million suit filed in Australian court over a deal to sell formula in the US amid a supply shortage.

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Energy Beverages wins fight over Kangaroo Mother trade mark
Intellectual Property 2023-08-24 11:54 pm By Christine Caulfield

The maker of Mother energy drinks has won an appeal of an IP Australia decision, succeeding in its bid to prevent a Victoria-based company from registering Kangaroo Mother as a trade mark for beverages.

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