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Bruce Lehrmann seeks to claw back $117k from lawyers
Defamation 2024-09-06 1:44 pm By Sam Matthews

Bruce Lehrmann has flagged a bid to claw back $117,000 he says his former legal team was not entitled to pay out of a trust account in his failed defamation case against Network Ten, saying he intends to use the sum to pay counsel to sign off on his appeal. In a case management hearing…

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Superannuation class action against Westpac unit to be discontinued
Class Actions 2024-09-06 12:44 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action targeting Westpac subsidiary BT Funds Management and Tal Life Insurance is set to be discontinued less than a year after it was filed.

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Judge strikes out ACCC’s entire claim against Meta over crypto ads
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-09-06 12:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Over objections from the ACCC, a judge has struck out the regulator’s entire case against Meta over scam cryptocurrency ads on Facebook after it clarified that each allegedly misleading ad should be a separate contravention.

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ACCC signs off on Optus, TPG network sharing deal
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-09-05 12:27 pm By Sam Matthews

The competition watchdog has approved a blockbuster regional network sharing deal expected to boost TPG’s regional coverage as well as Optus’ 5G rollout, after rejecting a similar deal between TPG and Telstra. 

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Funder’s payout in AMP class action should be shaved by $2.6M, court told
Class Actions 2024-08-29 11:31 pm By Sam Matthews

A contradictor appointed to represent group members’ interests in relation to a $100 million settlement in a class action against AMP wants to shave $2.6 million off the funder’s cut, telling the court that deductions for ATE insurance and administrative fees should not be approved.

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Seven says 13 women have made complaints about sacked journalist
Employment 2024-08-29 2:55 pm By Andy Sidler

Seven Network has told a court 13 women have come forward with complaints about television reporter Robert Ovadia since his dismissal in June.

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PwC settles bullying case by former member of diversity team
Employment 2024-08-29 11:17 pm By Christine Caulfield

A former PricewaterhouseCoopers senior associate has resolved her suit alleging she was sacked after complaining of bullying by a supervisor on the firm’s diversity team.

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‘Gross overreach’: Law firm taken to task for confidentiality claim over class action affidavits
Class Actions 2024-08-27 11:07 pm By Christine Caulfield

The law firm running class actions against ANZ and Westpac has been pulled up for claiming confidentiality over a solicitor’s affidavits on the costs incurred by the applicants since the court approved settlements in the cases.

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Receivers appointed to Keystone fund amid ‘grave concerns’ over $160M transactions
ASIC 2024-08-27 11:01 pm By Cindy Cameronne

ASIC has won its bid to appoint receivers to a managed investment scheme run by Keystone Asset Management after expressing “grave concerns” that investor funds were used to pay sports stars and buy a $4.3 million home for its former director.

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Judge throws out defamation case over Shandee Blackburn podcast
Defamation 2024-08-27 11:40 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has thrown out a defamation case by John Peros, the former boyfriend of Shandee Blackburn, over a podcast by The Australian dealing with her murder, finding he did not suffer serious harm from the publication.

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