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Top lawyer at Woolworths steps down after $1.7B petrol station deal
People In The News 2018-11-12 5:07 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The top lawyer for Woolworths, who oversaw a lengthy process to offload the grocery giant’s petrol business as well as the aftermath of a rocky joint venture with US home improvement store Lowe’s, will step down from his position after four years on the job.

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Government to block $13B Chinese takeover of Australian gas network
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-11-08 12:35 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Morrison Government plans to block the $13 billion acquisition of Australian energy infrastructure business APA Group by a Hong Kong group of companies led by CK Group, saying the deal was not in the national interest.

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Fueltrac to sue Queensland over copyright for pump price report
Intellectual Property 2018-11-07 11:35 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Federal Court will hear a dispute between Fueltrac and the State of Queensland over the copyright for the fuel data reporting company’s monthly pump price report.

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Aussie winemakers lose challenge to ‘Avola’ geographical indication mark
Intellectual Property 2018-11-06 3:13 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A group representing Australian winemakers has lost its objection to the European Commission’s plan to register ‘Avola’ as a mark of geographical indication for wine.

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Lawyers face off over competing class actions
Feature 2018-10-31 9:41 pm By Christine Caulfield

As judges grapple with fierce competition among litigation funders and law firms to lead class actions, Lawyerly asked two leading practitioners on opposing sides of the class action divide to give us their take on the issue.

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ACCC’s Sims wins three-year term extension
People In The News 2018-10-25 11:24 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

ACCC boss Rod Sims has won a five-year extension of his term as Chair, ensuring the high energy regulator will continue to make good on its promises of higher fines and tougher enforcement of the nation’s competition and consumer laws.

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Aboriginal art supplier misled consumers with Indonesian-made fakes, judge finds
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-10-24 9:52 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has found an Aboriginal art and souvenir supplier misled consumers by creating the false impression its products were made inĀ Australia by Indigenous people, when they were actually made in Indonesia, the consumer watchdog said Wednesday.

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Banning closed class actions no easy feat, new report shows
Exclusive 2018-10-24 7:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

A proposal by the Australian Law Reform Commission that all federal class actions be initiated as open cases may be difficult, if not impossible, to achieve, says a new report by the country’s leading class action expert.

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Geoffrey Rush ‘demonised by untruths’, court told at start of defamation trial
Trials 2018-10-22 7:03 pm By Miklos Bolza

Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush has told a court he endured “the worst 11 months” of his life following the publication of two Daily Telegraph articles that accused him of inappropriate behaviour toward his co-star during a 2015 production of King Lear.

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Arrium creditors can get docs for potential litigation over $4B collapse
Energy & Natural Resources 2018-10-17 11:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

Creditors of the failed Arrium Group have won access to documents handed over by third parties to the company’s administrators for possible civil proceedings against the steel producer, which collapsed owing $2.3 billion.

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