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Ex-Radio Rentals CEO dragged into class action, says he ‘can’t afford lawyers’
Class Actions 2019-05-09 11:13 am By Amelia Birnie

A judge has granted a bid to add former Radio Rentals CEO James Marshall and the beleaguered company’s insurer, AIG Australia, as respondents in a class action, over the protests of Marshall’s lawyer, who said his client couldn’t afford to pay for his defence.

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BHP faces record $7B class action in UK court over Brazil dam collapse
Energy & Natural Resources 2019-05-08 9:48 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Mining giant BHP has been hit with the biggest class action in UK history on behalf of over 235,000 Brazilians claiming more than AUS$7 billion in damages resulting from the disastrous Fundao dam collapse in 2015.

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Vodafone, TPG to take ACCC to court over opposition to $15B merger
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-05-08 3:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Vodafone and TPG will file a Federal Court challenge to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s opposition to their proposed $15 billion merger, teeing up the biggest merger challenge ever heard by the court.

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High Court orders Rinehart family feud out of the spotlight
Arbitration 2019-05-08 3:45 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has sided with Gina Rinehart in relation to a dispute with two of her children over billions of dollars in iron ore mining assets, saying the matter should be heard in arbitration.

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Crown can’t block jailed employees from talking to class action lawyers over China crackdown
Class Actions 2019-05-08 3:08 pm By Christine Caulfield

Lawyers for a shareholder class action against Crown Resorts have won their hard-fought battle to question ex-employees about the casino giant’s thwarted business in China, with a judge ruling Wednesday there would likely be a “serious adverse effect” on the administration of justice if they weren’t free to give evidence ahead of trial.

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Judge partly blocks Dexus GC’s evidence in $43.2M debt dispute with Grocon
Real Estate 2019-05-08 11:35 am By Miklos Bolza

Two Grocon units have successfully struck out portions of an affidavit by the general counsel of property management firm Dexus Property Group, claiming prejudice in a dispute over $43.2 million in allegedly unpaid debts.

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Pacific National, Aurizon await judgment in high-stakes competition case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-05-08 11:19 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Judgment is expected next week in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s case against Pacific National alleging the rail company made an anti-competitive bid for Aurizon’s Acacia Ridge Terminal and intermodal freight business.

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Teva wins docs to bolster case that Boehringer’s Spiriva patents were obvious
Healthcare 2019-05-07 11:16 pm By Christine Caulfield

Israeli drug maker Teva has won its bid for communications between Germany-based Boehringer and capsule manufacturers to help prove its claim that a patent at the centre of a dispute over the top-selling inhaler Spiriva was invalid for obviousness.

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Treasury Wine Estates wins $352,000 judgment over Penfolds ‘copycats’
Intellectual Property 2019-05-07 10:27 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Treasury Wine Estates has won a nearly $352,000 judgment against an Australian company for allegedly violating its trade marks by making and selling copycat Penfolds products in China and Australia.

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Ratepayers can’t strike out defences in class action against Queensland city council
Class Actions 2019-05-07 10:13 pm By Christine Caulfield

Ratepayers in a class action against a Queensland city council calling for the recovery of an invalid levy on their land failed in their bid to summarily dismiss the council’s defence that the unreturned portion of the charges was spent for their benefit. 

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