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McDonald’s knew that employees across its stores were not being given continuous 10-minute rest breaks and that its time-keeping systems were deficient, a judge heard on the first day of trial in an underpayments class action that could include 370,000 workers.
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Australia's youngest billionaire, known as 'Lambo guy', has lost his appeal of a $3.8 million judgment under the Security of Payment Act over payments owed to the builder on a disability support accommodation in Gosford, NSW.
An Australian designer has sued e-commerce giant Shopify, alleging it failed to act when he complained about so-called 'ghost stores' that allegedly copied his designs on almost 4,000 occasions.
The Commonwealth Bank has urged the High Court to uphold a ruling rejecting shareholders' damages claims in two class actions, saying the decision correctly rejected their "conflation of materiality with loss".
A recent judgment that clarified the date for assessing best method knowledge for divisional patents appears to create new difficulties for patent applicants, lawyers say.
An employee of e-commerce merchandise importer New Aim wants the High Court to overturn a ruling that found he breached his duty of confidence by providing competitors with contact details of the company's suppliers, stored on WeChat on his personal phone.
A Sydney businessman has emerged victorious in a fight with DC Comics over his bid to register a 'kryptonite diet' logo as a trade mark.
The former chief operating officer of mowing franchise Jim's Group has won court approval to tweak claims in a lawsuit alleging he was sacked for reporting financial irregularities and potential fraud.
A judge has approved a $67 million settlement in a class action against QSuper but has trimmed the payout for the litigation funder, criticising it for a "brazen and unjustified" deduction that was dropped during the hearing.
An appeals court has shaved nine months off ex-investment banker Rodney Forrest's prison sentence for insider trading, after he accessed confidential information from the computer of Platinum Asset Management's chairman about a takeover offer.