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Ex-McCabe Curwood lawyer ordered to pay legal bill after ‘incompetent’ appeal
A former solicitor with McCabe Curwood has lost his attempt to overturn an order that he pay $36,000 in costs to his former employer, after an appeals court found that his challenge was "incompetent".
Boral prevails in costly cement supply stoush with Wagners
Boral has successfully defended a lawsuit brought by a subsidiary of building products supplier Wagners, which previously estimated it would take a $10 million financial hit for suspending a cement supply contract with the construction giant.
Clubbers denied entry to venue on ‘Asian night’ win race discrimination lawsuit
Two men who claimed they were denied entry to a Sydney nightclub because it was "Asian night" will walk away with $15,000 after winning a racial discrimination case against the venue.
Facing ‘unviable’ future, Auscript plans COVID-19 redundancies
The Fair Work Commission has ordered court transcript service Auscript to stop a wave of redundancies planned in response to the COVID-19 pandemic until it properly consults with staff.
TEG Live to pay back $5M to basketball fans duped by misleading seating charts
Event promoter TEG Live will refund $5 million to more than 5,000 sports fans who bought 20,000 tickets to see the Boomers play USA and Canada last year, after admitting it made misleading claims about seating at the basketball games.
Asahi’s $16B deal to buy CUB gets competition approval with sell-off
The competition watchdog has signed off on the $16 billion acquisition of Carlton & United Breweries by Asahi after the Japanese beer giant offered to shed key beer and cider brands to seal the deal.
ACCC to ease off compulsory exams in response to COVID-19
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will scale back its use of certain investigatory tools, such as compulsory examinations, amid the strain on Australian businesses from the spread of COVID-19.
‘Free the flag’: Copyright dispute over Aboriginal flag looms
A company that holds the copyright for the Aboriginal flag may file a lawsuit against a website that sells flags featuring the design with the words 'Free the flag' in the middle.
Contingency fees will compromise lawyers’ ethics, peak legal body warns
The Law Council of Australia has come out against proposed Victorian legislation that would allow lawyers to charge contingency fees, saying lifting the current ban would compromise solicitors’ ethical duties to their clients.
ACCC review of Google’s Fitbit acquisition to look at data
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has opened a formal review into whether Google's $3 billion acquisition of fitness device company Fitbit will harm competition, including the potential impact of the search giant's increased access to user data.