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PayPal’s 60-day complaint deadline in small biz contracts unfair, judge says
Fintech 2024-07-05 3:27 pm By Sam Matthews

The corporate regulator has secrued orders barring fintech giant PayPal from enforcing a term in its contracts with small businesses that set a two-month deadline for complaints about excess fees.

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DePuy class action member loses challenge to compensation, 12 years after settlement
Class Actions 2024-07-05 10:41 pm By Sam Matthews

A group member in a class action against Johnson & Johnson unit DePuy International has lost his bid to challenge his compensation determination 12 years after the case settled, with a judge finding that the independent counsel conducting the determination was not bound by the rules of procedural fairness.   

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Law firms take aim at rival’s ‘copied’ pleadings in battle to run IC Markets class action
Class Actions 2024-07-04 11:08 pm By Sam Matthews

In a contest to run a class action against International Capital Markets over risky derivative products, a proposed consolidated proceeding has taken aim at third-to-file Banton Group for allegedly copying its case. 

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Struggling online retailer Booktopia appoints administrators
Restructuring & Insolvency 2024-07-03 2:33 pm By Sam Matthews

Embattled online bookseller Booktopia and a number of subsidiaries have entered voluntary administration, appointing three partners from McGrathNicol to oversee a possible sale of the business. 

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Origin Energy fires off cross-claim in trade mark fight
Intellectual Property 2024-07-03 11:53 pm By Sam Matthews

Energy retailer Origin Energy has hit back at a trade mark infringement suit filed by internet provider Origin Net, arguing that its mark should be revoked and accusing Origin Net of misleading and deceptive conduct. 

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K&L Gates picks up three partners across corporate, IP, real estate teams
K&L Gates 2024-07-03 4:38 pm By Sam Matthews

K&L Gates has lured three partners from rival firms to bolster its corporate, IP and real estate offerings across the country, including a former principal of Davies Collison Cave. 

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‘Contrary to commercial reality’: Google takes aim at Epic Games’ competition case
Trials 2024-07-02 11:47 pm By Sam Matthews

Google has slammed Fortnite game maker Epic Games’ landmark competition case against it as “contrary to commercial reality”, saying its competition with rival tech giant Apple means it is no monopolist.

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ANZ cops sanction for charging fees to dead customers
Financial Services 2024-07-02 1:57 pm By Sam Matthews

ANZ has been hit with a sanction by the Banking Code Compliance Committee for failing to stop or refund fees charged to deceased estates after customer deaths, with the bank to pay over $3.2 million to impacted estates. 

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Kraken crypto exchange operator denies it offered credit facility
Cryptocurrency 2024-07-01 11:22 pm By Sam Matthews

The Australian provider of the Kraken crypto exchange has told a court that its margin trading product is not a credit facility, rejecting the corporate regulator’s “overly broad” definition of the word ‘credit’. 

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Apple decries Epic Games’ attempted ‘freeriding’ in competition case over lucrative app stores
Trials 2024-06-28 11:48 pm By Sam Matthews

In a landmark competition case, Apple has told the Federal Court that Epic Games and other developers should not be allowed to “freeride” on the resources and user base the tech giant has “spent many billions” to develop. 

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