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Hungry Jack’s wants 5 years of Big Mac sales data in spat over damages for misleading ads
Intellectual Property 2024-03-27 12:33 pm By Sam Matthews

Hungry Jack’s is seeking five years of Big Mac sales data as it readies for a fight over damages stemming from its claim that its […]

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Union can take payout from any settlement in McDonald’s class action, says judge
Class Actions 2024-03-14 10:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has said the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association can take a payout from any settlement reached in a rest breaks class action […]

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Union launches class action against McDonald’s over unpaid work
Class Actions 2023-12-07 3:39 pm By Christine Caulfield

After losing its argument that class actions are excluded under the Fair Work Act, the union representing fast food workers has filed a class action […]

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Settlement CFO ruling another landmark in class action development
Analysis 2023-10-12 11:34 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Full Federal Court’s finding that the High Court did not extinguish the power of judges to make common fund orders on approval of class […]

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Are settlement CFOs OK? Full Court to finally have its say
Class Actions 2023-10-11 11:19 pm By Christine Caulfield

With bated breath class action litigators and funders have waited for this day, when the Full Federal Court decides the question of power to make […]

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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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Question of power to make settlement CFOs sent back to Full Court
Class Actions 2023-02-28 4:27 pm By Christine Caulfield

The divisive issue of whether judges are empowered to make a common fund order to distribute the costs of a funding commission at the settlement […]

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McDonald’s wins privilege spat in case brought by ex-franchisee after viral video
Franchises 2023-02-06 2:10 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A former McDonald’s franchisee has lost his challenge to a privilege claim by the fast food giant in his lawsuit alleging he was wrongly dropped […]

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As fast food titans go to trial, Hungry Jack’s says its burger ‘clever not deceptive’
Trials 2022-12-05 10:12 pm By Christine Caulfield

Trial in the battle of the buns has begun, with McDonald’s laying out a case for why its rival’s Big Jack burger infringes its trade […]

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McDonald’s faces new rest break action by 250,000 workers
Employment 2022-08-12 11:50 pm By Christine Caulfield

The union representing McDonald’s workers has lodged a new case against the fast food giant over unpaid rest breaks for more than 250,000 current and […]

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