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Securency must pay $64M after ‘shabby fraud’ on businessman
Contracts 2018-08-21 4:15 pm By Christine Caulfield

Plastic banknote company Securency has been ordered to pay more than $64 million after it tricked its agent in Nigeria into signing away his commission in what the Federal Court called a “shabby fraud”.

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Appco can’t put brakes on ‘sham contracting’ class action
Class Actions 2018-08-21 1:05 pm By Miklos Bolza

Fundraising company Appco Group Australia has failed in its bid to put a massive sham contracting class action in the Federal Court on hold while it fights a ruling that let the case continue as a representative proceeding.

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Parties in AMS pelvic mesh class action promise streamlined approach
Class Actions 2018-08-20 10:41 pm By Miklos Bolza

Lawyers on both sides of the class action against American Medical Services over pelvic mesh implants have taken steps to ensure the case proceeds with greater efficiency than the pelvic mesh class action against Johnson & Johnson, which went to an 89-day trial five years after that case was filed.

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Judge overlooked crucial evidence in Nurofen case, Full Court hears
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-08-20 10:23 pm By Miklos Bolza

A Federal Court judge skipped vital witness testimony when he ruled Reckitt Benckiser misled consumers about the effectiveness of its Nurofen painkiller, the pharmaceutical company told the Full Federal Court Monday.

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Viterra points finger at ex-employees in trial over $420M Joe White sale
Trials 2018-08-20 9:44 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Viterra is blaming several former employees for representations made about malt quality in the lead-up to the $420 million sale of its Joe White business to Cargill Australia in 2013.

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Murray Goulburn faces second class action over profit downgrade
Class Actions 2018-08-20 2:04 pm By Christine Caulfield

Milk supplier Murray Goulburn has been hit with a second class action over its profit forecast revision in 2016 that wiped 40 percent off the dairy cooperative’s investment value.

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Sanitarium, Rebel can’t sue UK insurer over promotion campaign
Contracts 2018-08-17 11:58 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A court has dismissed proceedings filed by cereal giant Sanitarium and sports equipment retailer Rebel Sports against a UK-marketing company over a risk transfer agreement that promised to indemnify the companies for a recent joint promotion campaign. 

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Caesarstone wins trade mark fight for ‘honest concurrent use’
Intellectual Property 2018-08-17 11:52 pm By Miklos Bolza

Building products maker Caesarstone can register two trade marks despite their deceptive similarity to a mark by ceramic tile maker Ceramiche Caesar, a judge has ruled, after finding Caesarstone had shown honest concurrent use of the marks.

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ACCC hopes laundry cartel case will wash with Full Court
Appeals 2018-08-16 11:44 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Full Federal Court will hear arguments next week in an appeal by the ACCC over an alleged laundry detergent cartel, the first so-called hub and spoke case brought by the competition regulator.

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ACCC puts Fairfax, Nine merger review on fast track
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-08-16 9:09 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The ACCC will decide by November 8 whether the proposed merger of Nine Entertainment with Fairfax Media raises competition concerns.

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