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Transurban suppresses, settles employee’s harassment suit
Employment 2024-08-27 11:11 pm By Christine Caulfield

Transurban has reached a confidential settlement in a case by an employee alleging sexual harassment, the second employment suit the toll road operator has resolved this month by a female worker.

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PwC partner resolves suit over alleged $3.3M fraud scheme
Employment 2024-08-26 11:52 pm By Christine Caulfield

A PricewaterhouseCoopers partner has reached a settlement in a case alleging she was involved in a $3.3 million scheme to defraud her husband’s employer.

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Judge halts BSF, Cigno penalty hearing, says ASIC should have fought appeal
Financial Services 2024-08-26 11:06 pm By Christine Caulfield

A three-day penalty hearing in action against payday lenders BSF Solutions and Cigno — in which ASIC is seeking a multi-million dollar fine — has been put on ice until after a challenge to a finding that they were unlicensed credit providers.

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Class action filed over ‘substandard’ public housing in WA
Class Actions 2024-08-22 7:52 am By Christine Caulfield

A class action has been launched seeking “housing justice” for Aboriginal tenants living in alleged substandard public housing in Western Australia.

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Clayton Utz nabs four government partners from MinterEllison
Business of Law 2024-08-22 11:13 pm By Christine Caulfield

MinterEllison has lost four partners to Clayton Utz, including commercial litigator and head of Minters’ Canberra office, George Shaw.

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Jetstar faces class action over COVID-19 flight credits
Class Actions 2024-08-21 11:36 am By Christine Caulfield

Budget airline Jetstar has been hit with a class action on behalf of hundreds of thousands of customers who were credited with travel vouchers for flights cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic but were allegedly owed a refund.

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BBY former manager sentenced over $8.4M in client fund transfers
Financial Services 2024-08-20 11:15 pm By Christine Caulfield

A former manager of BBY has been handed a two and half year sentence after pleading guilty to criminal charges following the stockbroking firm’s collapse. 

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Conservation group drops challenge to Woodside’s $16.5B Scarborough project
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-08-20 11:08 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Australian Conservation Foundation has reached an agreement with Woodside Energy to drop proceedings over the company’s Scarborough gas project in Western Australia, which alleged the $16.5 billion joint venture could not go ahead until its climate impacts were assessed. 

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Boart Longyear, Imdex reach settlement in protracted IP feud
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-08-16 5:29 am By Christine Caulfield

Drilling company Boart Longyear has reached a $10 million settlement with global mining technology company Imdex that resolves a long-running patent dispute.

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NSW Supreme Court’s top judge goes on defensive as class action filings dry up
Class Actions 2024-08-15 11:36 pm By Christine Caulfield

The top judge of the NSW Supreme Court, which has seen a precipitous drop in class actions, has defended his court and taken shots at the Supreme Court of Victoria and the Federal Court for embracing contingency fees for class action lawyers.

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