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Unlockd drops competition case against Google
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-10-31 10:55 am By Christine Caulfield

The administrators of collapsed startup Unlockd have withdrawn the company’s case against Google alleging the search engine giant abused its dominance to keep it out of the digital ad market.

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Alphapharm loses bid for docs in Sanofi injector pen patent dispute
Intellectual Property 2018-10-30 11:47 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Generic drug maker Alphapharm has lost another bid for documents from Sanofi-Aventis in advance of a hearing on Sanofi’s interlocutory application seeking to block the generic drug maker from listing its injector pen on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

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Seven employee sues network for wages after exit to Ten
Employment 2018-10-30 11:33 pm By Miklos Bolza

Seven Network’s former director of program partnerships is suing the national broadcaster for putting her on unpaid maternity leave and extending her non-compete period after she resigned for rival Network Ten.

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First class action to be filed over combustible cladding
Class Actions 2018-10-30 11:11 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The first class action is expected to be filed on behalf of property owners whose buildings are covered with highly combustible polyethylene core cladding.

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Clive Palmer wants second judge out in Queensland Nickel case
Restructuring & Insolvency 2018-10-30 11:07 pm By Christine Caulfield

A month after successfully arguing for the recusal of a state Supreme Court justice from an upcoming trial over the collapse of Queensland Nickel, Clive Palmer is calling for the replacement judge to step down, alleging he too is biased against him.

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Geoffrey Rush accuser tells court she felt ‘trapped’ on stage
Defamation 2018-10-30 4:01 pm By Miklos Bolza

Geoffrey Rush’s co-star Eryn Jean Norvill took the stand Tuesday in the actor’s defamation case against Nationwide News, telling a court she felt “panicked” and “trapped” by Rush’s allegedly inappropriate behaviour during a production of King Lear at the Sydney Theatre Company.

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Generic drug cos. win trial against Wyeth over Effexor delay
Intellectual Property 2018-10-30 3:27 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Wyeth must pay a group of generic drug companies for the harm they suffered after the drug maker won interlocutory injunctions blocking their plans to market an extended release generic version of anti-depressant Effexor, in a ruling likely to have a chilling effect on interlocutory injunction grants in pharmaceutical patent cases.

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Union asks court to shut down AstraZeneca’s sick leave appeal
Employment 2018-10-29 11:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Australian Workers Union has called on the Federal Court to toss AstraZeneca’s challenge to a decision that workers are guaranteed 10 days’ sick leave regardless of how long their working day is.

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Clive Palmer sued over contract for $5.8B iron ore mine
Energy & Natural Resources 2018-10-29 11:25 pm By Miklos Bolza

Hong Kong-based conglomerate CITIC and two of its subsidiaries have taken mining magnate Clive Palmer and his firm Mineralogy to court over the $5.8 billion Sino Iron Ore Project in Western Australia.

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Lawyers take aim in battle to lead BHP class action
Class Actions 2018-10-29 10:44 pm By Christine Caulfield

The high-stakes contest to run a shareholder class action against BHP has begun, with lawyers for three competing cases all arguing in Federal Court Monday that there can be only one winner.

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