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Full Court to decide whether employment class actions ever allowed
Employment 2023-03-09 6:37 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The question of whether judges have the power to hear employment cases as representative proceedings is headed to the Full Court after a union raised […]

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Court warns of ‘dangers’ of defamation suits, awards Google reviewer indemnity costs
Defamation 2023-03-09 11:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge who tossed a house painter’s case over a one-star Google review has awarded partial indemnity costs to the critic and said her order […]

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Judge troubled by class action firm’s costs, union’s delay in rival McDonald’s cases
Employment 2023-03-09 11:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge is weighing up a law firm’s high legal costs against a union’s delay in a stoush over who should run a case against […]

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Prosecutors want prison sentence for CEO in Sydney waste cartel case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-03-09 5:59 pm By Sam Matthews

The former managing director and CEO of Bingo Industries should be sentenced to imprisonment for aiding and abetting the waste company in fixing prices for […]

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TikTok loses trade mark battle with mortgage tech startup Tic:Toc
Social Media 2023-03-09 11:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

The owner of Chinese social media giant TikTok has lost its challenge to the registration of a trade mark for home loan tech startup Tic:Toc. […]

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Bayer can take another crack at ‘scientific knowledge’ defence in Essure class action
Class Actions 2023-03-09 5:05 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action against Bayer over its Essure contraceptive has lost a bid to knock out the pharmaceutical giant’s defence that argues any defects in […]

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Judge wary of Bruce Lehrmann cross-examination in limitations stoush
Defamation 2023-03-08 6:53 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has expressed “reluctance” at a bid for accused rapist Bruce Lehrmann to face cross-examination at an upcoming hearing over whether his defamation claims […]

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Court wants to avoid judgment of ‘hundreds of pages’ in Monsanto class action
Class Actions 2023-03-08 3:43 pm By Sam Matthews

A busy judge has pushed the parties in a class action against agrochemical giant Monsanto to split the trial to focus first on the question […]

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Ex-Nuix CEO appeals loss in $180M case over options agreement
Appeals 2023-03-08 3:07 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Former Nuix CEO Edward Sheehy is challenging his loss in a lawsuit claiming he’s owed $183 million in options under a 2008 agreement with the […]

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Animal drug giant Zoetis pursues barristers, solicitor for $3.8M in class action costs
Class Actions 2023-03-07 11:37 pm By Christine Caulfield

Pet and livestock drug company Zoetis, which prevailed in its defence to a class action over horse vaccine Equivac, is going after the legal team […]

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