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Court approves investors’ takeover of Angas Securities
Restructuring & Insolvency 2019-05-17 8:49 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Federal Court has approved a scheme of arrangement which will see investors take a 70 per cent stake in troubled fund manager Angas Securities, receiving a possible $52.2 million in shares and other assets.

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Over protests, judge sets trial date in ASIC case against Tennis Australia duo
ASIC 2019-05-17 3:13 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has scheduled a three-week trial to begin November 4 in a case brought by the corporate regulator against two directors of Tennis Australia over broadcast rights to the Australian Open, despite argument by a lawyer for one director that the timetable was “extremely tight”.

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BASF sues to stamp out alleged infringement of termite control patent
Intellectual Property 2019-05-17 2:41 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Chemicals giant BASF has dragged an Australian pest control company to court for allegedly violating its patent for an underground termite control system.

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Facebook, Instagram to fight misuse of market power case by social media startup
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-05-17 2:27 pm By Christine Caulfield

Facebook and Instagram will defend against claims they misused their market power to block an Australian marketing startup from their platforms, saying the company – which sends scheduled social media posts for clients — had breached their terms of use.

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Pacific National’s undertaking better for rail competition, says judge in tossing ACCC case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-05-16 11:50 pm By Christine Caulfield

Potential new entrants to a major freight terminal in Queensland will be “better protected” by a last-minute promise by the terminal’s hopeful owner, Pacific National, than if the ACCC had succeeded in blocking the rail operator’s proposed $205 million acquisition, according to the judge who dismissed the competition watchdog’s case.  

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ACCC loses court challenge to Pacific National, Aurizon terminal deal
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-05-15 9:09 pm By Amelia Birnie

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has suffered a major defeat in its challenge to Pacific National’s proposed $205 million acquisition of competitor Aurizon’s Queensland freight terminal, with a judge saying he was appeased by a last-minute promise from Pacific that it would not block third parties from accessing the terminal.

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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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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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ASIC has no ace in case over Australian Open broadcast rights, ex-Tennis Australia head says
Entertainment 2019-05-07 3:57 pm By Miklos Bolza

Former Tennis Australia director Harold Mitchell has denied allegations by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission that he breached his duties when awarding broadcasting rights for the Australian Open and other tournaments to the Seven Network in 2013.

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Woolworths class action homes in on supermarket giant’s price perception problem
Class Actions 2019-05-03 9:06 pm By Christine Caulfield

Woolworths’ knowledge of its poor performance on price perception among shoppers in 2014 is at the centre of a $100 million shareholder class action against the retailer, a court heard Friday.

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