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QANTM waves white flag in Xenith takeover fight
Intellectual Property 2019-04-11 9:01 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

IP services company QANTM has signaled the end to a bidding war to acquire rival Xenith IP, saying it will not match the terms of the latest offer lodged by fellow IP services provider IPH that would see it acquire Xenith outright.

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Geoffrey Rush wins defamation case against Daily Telegraph publisher
Defamation 2019-04-11 3:12 pm By Christine Caulfield

Actor Geoffrey Rush has been awarded at least $850,000 in damages after taking Nationwide News to court alleging it defamed him by tainting him as a sexual predator, with the judge calling the publisher’s conduct “improper and unjustified”.

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IAG hit with class action over add-on insurance
Class Actions 2019-04-11 10:58 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Insurance Australia Limited is facing a class action alleging it engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct by pushing worthless add-on insurance onto individuals purchasing motor vehicles through authorised dealers.

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Judge fines CFMMEU, official for making a stink over dirty worksite toilet
Employment 2019-04-10 11:09 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has slapped fines of $33,350 against the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy union and a high-ranking official who pinned a project manager against a fence in a fight over a filthy portable toilet at a construction site in Adelaide.

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Judge can’t be mediator too, court says in ex-Macquarie advisers’ wage case
Employment 2019-04-10 9:26 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has refused a bid by Macquarie Bank and a group of former financial advisers to preside over a mediation of their spat over $2.6 million in wages, saying a judge can’t act as a mediator and he wouldn’t do it even if he could.

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AMS liable after putting its name on faulty mesh implants, class action claims
Class Actions 2019-04-10 12:47 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

By putting its name on allegedly defective vaginal mesh implants, American Medical Systems held itself out as the manufacture of those devices, according to an amended class action pleading that addresses the medical device maker’s assertion that a subsidiary made the devices after May 2012.

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Victoria’s Secret resolves lawsuit over knockoff body spray
Article 2019-04-10 11:23 am By Cat Fredenburgh

US lingerie company Victoria’s Secret has reached a settlement in a lawsuit over the sale of knockoff products that mimic the get-up of its trade marked body care products.

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Sandoz, F. Hoffman La-Roche settle patent dispute over biosimilar
Intellectual Property 2019-04-09 10:01 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

F. Hoffman La-Roche has reached a settlement in a patent lawsuit over Sandoz’s plan to market a biosimilar version of its patented biologic used to treat various cancers and rheumatoid arthritis.

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IPH throws down the gauntlet with revised Xenith takeover bid
Corporate 2019-04-09 9:33 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The takeover battle for Xenith IP has entered round two, with IPH submitting a revised proposal to acquire the IP services firm in full, leaving fellow suitor QANTM with three days to lodge a competing offer.

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Funding for Iluka Resources class action in limbo amid dispute with Harbour
Class Actions 2019-04-09 9:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

Funding for a shareholder class action against mineral sands company Iluka Resources is in doubt after Harbour Litigation Funding unilaterally backed out of an agreement to finance the litigation.

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