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ACCC threatens regulation to rein in tech giants’ app store dominance
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has called on Apple and Google to seize a "window of opportunity" to address the regulator's concerns about their significant power in the app marketplace or face possible regulation.
Crown fined $1M for breaking rules on junket operators
The Victorian gaming regulator has hit Crown Melbourne with the maximum fine of $1 million for failing to comply with regulations for vetting junket operations.
Court can order class action opt out notices for limited number of group members, judge says
A judge has found he has power to order that opt out notices be sent to a limited number of Boral shareholders eligible to join two class actions that faced off last month in a class action beauty parade.
Boral must pay $4.8M in cement supply stoush with Wagners
Building products supplier Wagners has been awarded $4.8 million from Boral after Wagners successfully challenged a ruling in a high-stakes cement supply dispute with the construction material giant.
Deloitte can’t shield retirement talk docs in $3.8M age discrimination suit
Deloitte has failed to set aside a request for documents recording talks with partners about retirement after they turned 62, in a closely watched age discrimination lawsuit challenging the accounting firm’s mandatory retirement policy.
Westpac gets lion’s share of proceeds from ‘anxious’ sale of collapsed fintech Sargon Group
Westpac will recoup the majority of proceeds from the $29.6 million sale of collapsed fintech Sargon Group, with a judge calling the company's liquidators "anxious sellers" who sold at speed and well below market value.
ASIC uncovers ‘deficiencies’ in advice by IOOF units
An ASIC review has found that 17 per cent of clients of IOOF unit RI Advice may have been exposed to harm, one month after a judge found that one of its former advisors violated the law by steering investors towards risky investments.
Qantas can’t sack long haul pilot that reached mandatory retirement age
A judge has temporarily barred Qantas from moving forward with its plans to terminate a long haul pilot who reached the mandatory retirement age of 65, saying the pilot had established that he may have an age discrimination claim against the airline.
SMH editor added to Sydney criminal lawyer’s defamation case
A criminal defence lawyer who represented convicted criminal Salim Mehajer has won court approval to join the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald to her defamation lawsuit over an article and social media posts that allegedly implied she breached her oath as a solicitor by being romantically involved with clients.
Fairfax can’t add new claims of ‘very serious criminal misconduct’ in Ben Roberts-Smith’s case
A judge overseeing Ben Roberts-Smith's defamation case against Fairfax has refused a bid by the publisher to bolster its defence with further allegations of criminal conduct by the soldier, who told the court Friday former Governor-General Quentin Bryce will give evidence for him at the upcoming trial.