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Pelvic mesh judge calls for ‘someone who understands how to plead a representative proceeding’
Product Liability 2020-07-02 8:52 pm By Alison Eveleigh

A judge has adjourned an interlocutory application because of deficient pleadings in a class action brought against three medical device manufacturers and a former doctor on behalf of thousands of women who claim to have suffered lifelong complications from pelvic mesh implants.

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Bayer defeats Norbrook opposition to animal antiseptic patent
Intellectual Property 2020-07-02 4:03 pm By Miklos Bolza

A delegate of IP Australia has tossed opposition by veterinary pharmaceutical company Norbrook Laboratories to a patent by rival animal health specialist Bayer New Zealand for a bovine antiseptic treatment.

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‘Tabloid crusade’: Judges toss Daily Telegraph’s appeal in Geoffrey Rush defamation case
Appeals 2020-07-02 9:37 am By Alison Eveleigh

Daily Telegraph publisher Nationwide News has failed in its appeal of a judgment that found it defamed Geoffrey Rush in articles that accused the Oscar-winning actor of sexually inappropriate behaviour, with an appeals court describing the stories as a “sensationalised tabloid crusade”.

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Guy Sebastian’s former manager Titus Day arrested for alleged $1.15M fraud
White Collar 2020-07-01 10:04 pm By Christine Caulfield

Police have arrested Titus Day, the former manager of pop star Guy Sebastian, over allegations he duped the singer out of $1.15 million over seven years.

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Spotless on the hook for redundancy pay after losing appeal
Employment 2020-07-01 9:41 pm By Alison Eveleigh

Cleaning services giant Spotless must pay redundancy entitlements to a group of workers it sacked, after failing to convince a court of appeal that it was exempt from making the payments.

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Law firm investigates class action against nursing home over COVID-19 outbreak
COVID-19 2020-07-01 6:09 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The company that operates the Newmarch House nursing home in Sydney is facing a possible class action after a coronavirus outbreak at the facility resulted in the deaths of 19 residents.

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Janssen to expand patent case against Juno over generic HIV drug
Intellectual Property 2020-07-01 4:40 pm By Miklos Bolza

Drug manufacturer Janssen wants to expand its high stakes case against Juno Pharmaceuticals over its HIV drug Prezista, alleging Juno’s plans to launch a generic version of the drug threaten another one of its patents.

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Opal Tower concrete supplier sues insurer over class action coverage
Insurance 2020-07-01 2:10 pm By Miklos Bolza

The prefab concrete specialist behind Sydney’s Opal Tower has filed a lawsuit against Chubb Insurance seeking to force the insurer to cover its costs of defending two proceedings over the ill-fated building.

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Telstra must give Siemens identity details of potential copyright infringers
Intellectual Property 2020-06-30 8:39 pm By Alison Eveleigh

Telstra has been ordered to provide technology company Siemens Industry Software with all documents relating to the identity of account holders who may have infringed Siemens’ copyright.

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Hytera can’t claim Motorola purposefully delayed notification of source code theft
Intellectual Property 2020-06-30 5:00 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has rejected new evidence sought to be advanced by Hytera Communications in its IP battle with Motorola that Motorola deliberately delayed notifying Hytera of possible theft of its source code because it wanted to improve its market position.

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