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KFC faces potential class action over rest breaks
Class Actions 2023-10-24 2:46 pm By Christine Caulfield

A class action investigation has been launched against KFC, which is accused of depriving tens of thousands of workers of ten-minute paid breaks during shifts.

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Cantarella loses ‘Oro’ mark on Vittoria coffee in spat with Lavazza
Intellectual Property 2023-10-20 3:11 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Vittoria’s Cantarella Bros has lost its long-running trade mark stoush with Italian rival Lavazza after a judge found the coffee manufacturer’s two registered ‘Oro’ marks should be cancelled because the word was previously used by another coffee supplier. 

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Care A2 Plus can try again to block Gensco’s US suit
Food and Beverage 2023-10-18 11:38 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has allowed Care A2 Plus to proceed with an appeal arguing a US lawsuit by former business partner Gensco should be blocked, saying the infant formula company will otherwise face a “risk of substantial injustice”. 

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Care A2 willing to take fight over Gensco’s US suit to High Court
Appeals 2023-10-17 3:12 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Care A2 Plus should be given leave to appeal a ruling over an overlapping US case by former business partner Gensco so that it can file a challenge in the High Court if need be, a court has heard.

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Over United Petroleum’s objections, class action firm can peek at franchisee communications
Franchises 2023-10-17 11:51 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The law firm that’s running a franchisee class action against United Petroleum over allegedly loss-making Pie Faces stores has has won its bid to peek at draft communications the oil giant wants to send to group members.

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Full Court shoots down ‘misconceived’ bid to undermine Fair Work class actions
Employment 2023-10-12 4:51 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has declined a union’s bid to throw out an employee class action against McDonald’s after the Full Federal Court confirmed that employee class actions are not precluded by the Fair Work Act. 

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Starbucks shortchanged part-time staff $4.5M in overtime
Employment 2023-09-22 1:03 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian arm of coffee giant Starbucks has backpaid part-time workers across 52 stores $4.5 million, after discovering it failed to pay proper overtime rates.

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Judge approves $6.88M CFO in $25M Fonterra class action settlement
Class Actions 2023-09-21 11:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has approved a common fund order awarding $6.88 million to the funder behind a class action against Fonterra that settled for $25 million, opting not to wait for a much-anticipated appeals court ruling on the power to make CFOs at settlement.

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Care A2 Plus launches cross-claim in $200M dispute with US distributor
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-09-21 11:10 pm By Christine Caulfield

The rancour is rising between Care A2 Plus and its US business partner Gensco Pharma, with the infant formula company firing off a cross-claim in a lawsuit alleging it breached a lucrative distribution deal.

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Dan Murphy’s owner’s bid for Mornington Peninsula hotel raises competition concerns
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-09-21 10:44 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The competition regulator has again raised concerns about how a planned acquisition by Dan Murphy’s owner Endeavour Group could affect competition in a local market for takeaway liquor. In a statement of issues released Thursday, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission expressed preliminary worries that Endeavour’s purchase of the Rye Hotel on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula […]

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