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Bellamy’s keeps up fight for cost capping in joint class actions
Class Actions 2019-03-11 12:23 pm By Christine Caulfield

Baby food maker Bellamy’s is not giving up its fight to limit the costs of two shareholder class actions against the company, lodging an appeal of a ruling that shut down its cost-capping bid as premature.

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CFMMEU wants to intervene in WorkPac class action
Employment 2019-03-07 4:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy union is seeking court approval to intervene in a class action against labour hire company WorkPac on behalf of casual miners who claim they were denied annual leave and other entitlements.

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ABC paid Michelle Guthrie $730,000 to settle unfair dismissal case
Employment 2019-03-06 4:39 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The ABC paid ousted managing managing director Michelle Guthrie $730,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging unfair dismissal.

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Mylan wants injunctions against Sun Pharma, Cipla over generic cholesterol drug
Intellectual Property 2019-03-06 3:17 pm By Christine Caulfield

Mylan has renewed calls for a temporary injunction against Sun Pharma pending an appeal of a ruling invalidating its patents for Lipidil, and has sued a second generic drug maker, Cipla, over the cholesterol-lowering medication.

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High profile barrister steps aside in Gayle defamation appeal
Defamation 2019-03-05 7:58 pm By Miklos Bolza

Leading defamation barrister Bruce McClintock, SC, has stepped down from representing cricketer Chris Gayle as an appeal by three media organisations against a $326,000 payout gets locked in for a June hearing.

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CFMMEU abused safety officer at Qube work site, ABCC says in new action
Employment 2019-03-04 7:42 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Australian Building and Construction Commission has brought a new lawsuit against the CFMMEU, alleging the union organised unlawful industrial action and verbally abused a health and safety advisor at a Queensland building site.

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ABC settles Michelle Guthrie’s unfair dismissal case
Employment 2019-03-01 9:53 pm By Christine Caulfield

The ABC has reached a settlement with ousted managing director Michelle Guthrie in her suit accusing the national broadcaster of unfairly sacking her.

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Hytera questions whether Motorola owns copyright for source code
Intellectual Property 2019-02-26 4:58 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Hytera has challenged Motorola’s claims that it owns the copyright for the digital radio source code that’s at the centre of copyright allegations against the Chinese radio maker.

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Bellamy’s loses cost-capping bid in joint class actions
Class Actions 2019-02-26 2:34 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has rejected a bid by Bellamy’s to limit the recoverable costs of rival law firms running joint class actions against the baby food maker, saying he would deal with any unjustified duplication later, not now.

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‘Misconceived’ Sanofi appeal over injector pen patent gets shot down by Full Court
Intellectual Property 2019-02-25 1:34 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Full Court has denied a request by Sanofi that it review a judge’s refusal to block Alphapharm from listing its Semglee insulin injector pen on the PBS, calling the pharmaceutical giant’s appeal “misconceived”.

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