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PwC partners knew of unlawful dividend payment to Cornerstone director, court told
Professional Negligence 2022-07-22 9:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

PwC partners are facing “very serious” allegations that they had actual knowledge that a $30 million dividend payment to the director of now defunct tertiary education provider Cornerstone was unlawful.

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‘We can make a really strong case’: ANZ hopeful of ACCC approval for $4.9B Suncorp buy
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-07-18 11:10 pm By Christine Caulfield

ANZ is optimistic its proposed $4.9 billion acquisition of insurer Suncorp’s banking unit will be cleared by the competition regulator, and is counting on the public benefits of the merger to win approval.

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Bayer wants to amend Xarelto patent at centre of Sandoz’s invalidity claim
Intellectual Property 2022-07-15 11:37 am By Christine Caulfield

German pharmaceutical giant Bayer, which is facing a legal bid by generic drug maker Sandoz to invalidate patents covering blood clot drug Xarelto, is seeking to amend one of the patents in dispute.

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Clayton Utz snags technology law ace from Ashurst
Business of Law 2022-07-12 7:24 pm By Christine Caulfield

Clayton Utz has picked up a new partner specialising in digital transformation from Ashurst to join the firmā€™s public sector practice in Canberra.

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Norton Rose Fulbright loses another energy, projects bigwig
Business of Law 2022-07-11 11:04 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Norton Rose Fulbright has lost the co-head of its energy, infrastructure and resources team in Australia to King & Wood Mallesons, just months after the group’s other leader jumped ship to another Big Six firm.

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Virgin moves to throw out ā€˜unintelligibleā€™ lawsuit over COVID-19 jab mandate
COVID-19 2022-07-06 3:22 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Virgin Australia will seek to throw out a case brought by former employees over a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, which a lawyer for Qantas and Jetstar, which are also named in the suit, said ā€œbreaks every pleading ruleā€.

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Google must pay indemnity costs for ‘untenable defences’ in Barilaro defamation case
Defamation 2022-06-27 4:25 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has ordered that Google pay indemnity costs to former deputy premier of NSW John Barilaro, in addition to $7150,000 in damages over a ā€œrelentless, racist, vilificatory, abusive and defamatory campaignā€ by YouTube commentator Jordan Shanks that the tech giant ā€œdid nothingā€ to stop.

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Google must pay $715,000 to Barilaro over YouTube videos, may face contempt charge
Defamation 2022-06-06 11:27 am By Sam Matthews

A judge has ordered that Google pay $715,000 to former deputy premier of NSW John Barilaro over a ā€œrelentless, racist, vilificatory, abusive and defamatory campaignā€ by YouTube commentator Jordan Shanks that the tech giant ā€œdid nothingā€ to stop.

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Full Court shoots down Boehringer opposition to Merck Sharp & Dohme’s parasite patent
Intellectual Property 2022-05-19 3:38 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Full Federal Court has rejected German drug maker Boehringer Ingelheim’s appeal of ruling that shot down its opposition to Merck Sharp & Dohme’s patent application for an injectable anti-parasite drug for livestock.

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Woolworths employees shouldn’t be ‘cast adrift’ from class action, judge says
Class Actions 2022-05-12 3:43 pm By Christine Caulfield

Explaining his decision to reject a class action settlement that would have earned a law firm $1.75 million but provided nothing to 27,000 Woolworths employees, a judge has said the agreement created a conflict of interest between the solicitors and the workers they sought to set “adrift”.

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