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Emma Sleep’s German parent company not on hook for misleading ads
Online mattress retailer Emma Sleep has admitted to misleading consumers about the sale price for mattresses, but a court has found its German parent company is not on the hook because its executives did not give directions to the Australian unit.
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Hamilton Locke hires McCullough Robertson real estate pro
Specialist property and finance lawyer Emile McPhee has joined Hamilton Locke's national real estate markets team.
Griffith University to pay $8.34M to underpaid staff
Griffith University has signed an enforceable undertaking to backpay $8.34 million in wages, interest and superannuation to 5,457 staff who were underpaid over a nine-year period.
ACCC drags Jayco to court for alleged misleading advertising
Caravan giant Jayco faces enforcement action for allegedly making misleading claims about the off-road capabilities of its vehicles.
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Ex-Turner Freeman client wants to appeal failed case over property dispute
A former Turner Freeman client is seeking to appeal a District Court decision summarily dismissing his professional negligence case against the firm and a silk over a dispute with an owners corporation. 
Maxim blasts Aussie company’s ‘cavalier’ approach to IP dispute
US-based mens magazine publisher Maxim has accused a former Australian licensee of taking a “cavalier” approach to a proceeding alleging "uncontrolled use" of its intellectual property.
ASIC’s appeal in case against Auto & General rejected as ‘inherently contradictory’
An appeals court has dismissed the corporate regulator's "logically inconsistent" appeal against a landmark decision that found insurer Auto & General did not include an unfair term in its contracts.
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Challenge to Woodside’s $16B Scarborough gas project in public interest, court says
Recovery of legal costs has been capped in a case over Woodside’s $16.5 billion Scarborough gas venture that will give the Federal Court the first chance to weigh whether an environment plan complies with the law.
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CBRE to acquire commercial real estate agency Burgess Rawson
Multinational real estate services and investment giant CBRE will acquire privately-owned commercial real estate agency Burgess Rawson.