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ASIC takes aim at payday lenders after court found they can’t dodge Credit Act
Financial Services 2023-10-03 11:37 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The corporate regulator has again initiated proceedings against Gold Coast-based BHF Solutions and Cigno for allegedly providing credit without a licence after the lenders failed to convince the Full Court that their services fell outside the scope of the Credit Act.

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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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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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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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Plastic surgery patient appeals loss in defamation case over bad review
Defamation 2023-09-06 2:01 pm By Christine Caulfield

A patient who gave his plastic surgeon a one-star review for a nose job is challenging a judgment that put him on the hook for $50,000 in defamation damages.

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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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Care A2 Plus seeks to block US fraud suit brought by distributor
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-08-17 11:00 pm By Sam Matthews

After being hit by a $200 million claim in Australia, infant formula company Care A2 Plus is asking the court to block US business partner Gensco from filing a second lawsuit in its home country, which it says is intended to “harass and split the resources” of CAP and its directors.

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Downer class actions transferred to Victoria Supreme Court
Class Actions 2023-08-08 11:37 pm By Sam Matthews

The Federal Court has granted a bid by plaintiffs in competing class actions against Downer EDI to transfer their cases to the Victoria Supreme Court, where a four-way contest will take place.

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NAB denies claims in union test case, says any extra work hours not unreasonable
Employment 2023-07-13 3:05 pm By Gareth Baker

National Australia Bank says employees suing the company for years of alleged unpaid overtime have failed to prove the work asked of them was unreasonable, in response to a test case that could affect up to 10,000 staff. 

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ASIC wins hard-fought case against payday lenders after High Court challenge
Financial Services 2023-07-12 9:31 pm By Cindy Cameronne

ASIC has won orders declaring that Gold Coast-based BHF Solutions and Cigno needed a credit licence to issue loans to hundreds of thousands of customers, after the High Court tossed a challenge by the payday lenders.            

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