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Westpac faces new claim in life insurance class action
Westpac was responsible for the conduct of its in-house financial planner, who allegedly overcharged the bank's own customers with excess premiums on life insurance, class action lawyers have told a court.
Ex-Charter Financial adviser banned for fleecing elderly clients
A former financial adviser for Charter Financial Planning has been permanently barred from providing financial advice by Australia's corporate regulator after it found he deducted almost $67,000 in fees for advice he never gave.
Judge in sports betting class action won’t recuse himself
A judge overseeing a class action brought by investors in a sports betting scheme has shot down a lawyer's mid-trial bid that he recuse himself.
Google bid for ad patent shot down by IP Australia
IP Australia has denied Google's application for approval of a patent covering advertising price discounting, saying it was not a manner of manufacture and therefore not patentable.
Norton Rose dispute with ex-partner heads to mediation
A bitter court battle over the firing of a Norton Rose Fulbright employment partner in which the firm admitted it retroactively signed and dated a court document will soon head to mediation.
Sanofi wins challenge to Reckitt-Benckiser lozenge patent
The Australian Patent Office has shot down a patent application covering throat lozenges by consumer goods giant Reckitt-Benckiser on a challenge by rival Sanofi-Aventis.
GetSwift hit with $300M shareholder class action
Squire Patton Boggs has brought a shareholder class action worth potentially $300 million against logistics software company GetSwift and its director, former AFL player Joel MacDonald, for providing inadequate disclosures and misleading investors with “overhyped” announcements about business contracts.
Slater & Gordon slams letter in union merger bid
A Slater and Gordon lawyer representing three unions seeking Fair Work Commission approval for a proposed tie-up, has slammed an "urgent" email from counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills claiming a newly discovered contempt matter involving one of the deal's applicants should bar approval of the deal.
Toll Global fined $75K in EPA action
Toll Global has been fined $75,000 after pleading guilty to transporting over 16,000 kilograms of expandable and flammable polymer beads by truck.
Banks pay $21.4M to consumers for bad financial advice
Australia's five biggest banks have paid out $21.4 million since the end of 2016 to consumers harmed by advice that violates financial services regulations, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission said Tuesday.