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Commonwealth Bank pans class action pleadings as ‘vague penumbra’
Class Actions 2018-08-24 4:32 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia is seeking to strike out portions of a shareholder class action over allegedly lax anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing controls it calls a “vague penumbra” that leaves the bank in the dark about the case against it.

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AstraZeneca challenges landmark sick leave case
Employment 2018-08-24 3:26 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

AstraZeneca is appealing a Fair Work Commission decision that workers are guaranteed 10 days’ sick leave under the National Employment Standards regardless of how long their working day is.

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Nurofen superiority claims breached consumer law, Full Court affirms
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-08-24 11:19 am By Cat Fredenburgh

The Full Federal Court has shot down Reckitt Benckiser’s appeal of a ruling that it misled consumers with claims that its Nurofen is a more effective pain killer than rival GlaxoSmithKline’s Panadol.

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Full Court shrinks class size in Ethicon pelvic mesh class action
Class Actions 2018-08-23 10:39 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Full Federal Court has handed Johnson & Johnson unit Ethicon a victory in the class action over its allegedly defective vaginal mesh devices, partly reversing a judge’s decision that expanded the class post-trial.

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Woolworths faces $1B backpay claim in challenge to EBA
Employment 2018-08-23 10:05 pm By Christine Caulfield

Supermarket giant Woolworths has been hit with union action to scrap its enterprise bargaining agreement and put it on the hook for $1 billion in unpaid wages.

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Dr. Reddy’s slams Millennium’s injunction bid in cancer drug case
Intellectual Property 2018-08-23 5:41 pm By Miklos Bolza

An urgent injunction sought by US-based Millennium Pharmaceuticals to block generic drug maker Dr Reddy’s Laboratories from launching a cheap version of the breakthrough cancer drug Velcade has been panned as unnecessary.

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Trivago taken to court over hotel price ads
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-08-23 2:14 pm By Christine Caulfield

Hotel booking site Trivago has been hit with legal action by the consumer regulator alleging the company’s price advertisements were misleading.

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ACCC greenlights outdoor advertising deals
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-08-23 11:47 am By Christine Caulfield

The competition regulator has cleared JCDecaux Australia’s multibillion merger with APN Outdoor Group, while oOh!media’s $570 million tie-up with AdShel has also been given the nod.

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Funder was ‘moving force’ behind ‘doomed’ Octaviar class action, court told
Class Actions 2018-08-22 10:16 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Public Trustee of Queensland asked a court Wednesday for indemnity costs from a global litigation funder its says was the “real moving force” behind a dismissed investor class action it called a “nakedly speculative venture”.

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Rinehart family feud turns on a word, High Court hears
Contracts 2018-08-22 9:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

The bitter dispute between Gina Rinehart and two of her children over billions of dollars in iron ore mining assets may come down to how the High Court interprets a single word in an arbitration clause of agreements signed by the warring family members.

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