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Class action filed against BHP Billiton over Brazil dam disaster
Class Actions 2018-06-06 12:08 pm By Christine Caulfield

BHP has been hit with a shareholder class action over the deadly Samarco mine disaster that wiped off $25 billion from the share price of the mining giant.

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Asiago cheese needn’t come from Italy, IP Australia rules
Intellectual Property 2018-06-05 11:13 pm By Miklos Bolza

IP Australia has ruled in part that cheese branded with the Asiago label need not be manufactured in the Asiago region in Italy, striking down an opposition to a trade mark filed by cheese producer Sartori Company.

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Wyeth says generic Effexor registration ‘not legitimate’
Intellectual Property 2018-06-05 10:14 pm By Miklos Bolza

Three generic drug manufacturers cannot claim damages for an injunction barring the release of cheaper versions of Effexor-XR, even if the injunction was later overturned, pharmaceutical giant Wyeth told a judge on day two of a six-week trial over its blockbuster antidepressant.

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Ex-Citi, Deutsche CEOs among 6 charged over alleged ANZ cartel
White Collar 2018-06-05 6:07 pm By Christine Caulfield

High-ranking bank officials, including the former CEOs of Citigroup and Deutsche Bank in Australia, are among the executives charged over a cartel involving a $2.5 billion ANZ institutional share placement.

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Judge adds Google LLC to injunction in Unlockd case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-06-05 5:06 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The judge overseeing a competition case against Google by mobile advertising startup Unlockd has extended a temporary injunction to the search engine giant’s US arm.

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VW wants Bannister Law class actions shut down
Class Actions 2018-06-05 2:58 pm By Christine Caulfield

The fate of class actions against Volkswagen in the sprawling Australian case over the car maker’s diesel emissions cheating scandal will be the subject of a major court battle starting Wednesday.

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Glenville wins appeal of privilege ruling in Amcor asbestos dispute
Environment 2018-06-04 10:58 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Luxury home builder Glenville has won an appeal of a ruling that shielded certain documents from production by legal professional privilege in a lawsuit against global packaging giant Amcor over liability for asbestos remediation at a former Amcor paper mill site in a Melbourne suburb.

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High Court lets stand Pfizer’s early discovery win
Intellectual Property 2018-06-04 10:55 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court has rejected a bid by biopharmaceutical company Samsung Bioepis Australia to challenge a ruling granting Pfizer preliminary discovery for a potential patent infringement case over autoimmune drug Enbrel.

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Wyeth launches “ambush” at start of Effexor trial, court told
Intellectual Property 2018-06-04 10:13 pm By Miklos Bolza

Pharmaceutical giant Wyeth’s has launched an “ambush” at the beginning of a trial after a nine-year long battle against several generic drug makers, alleging infringement of a second patent for its blockbuster Effexor-XR, a judge heard Monday.

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Garmin denied quick win in $1.1M dispute
Contracts 2018-06-04 11:02 am By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has denied a bid for summary judgment by Garmin Australia in a lawsuit brought by the GPS giant seeking $1.1 million allegedly owed under an agreement to supply its products for sale in Australia.

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