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Firms will seek up to $6M at SurfStitch class action settlement hearing
Class Actions 2019-11-28 4:03 pm By Miklos Bolza

The funders behind two shareholder class actions against online fashion retailer Surfstitch Group will seek a commission of up to 30 per cent while the […]

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Cross claims against Deloitte dropped in Dick Smith class actions
Class Actions 2019-11-28 12:29 pm By Miklos Bolza

Accounting giant Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu has dodged select cross-claims over the collapse of failed retailer Dick Smith ahead of a hearing of three shareholder class […]

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Struggling tech firm Irexchange accused of misleading shareholders in new suit
Securities 2019-11-27 3:55 pm By Christine Caulfield

Troubled retail technology firm Irexchange is accused of misleading shareholders through three different capital raising offers, according to a new Federal Court case brought by […]

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‘We will work on that’: Sexual harassment suit says ex-councillor persisted with advances despite complaint
Employment 2019-11-27 11:23 am By Miklos Bolza

A local businessman and former local council member behind a dramatic change in Victoria’s trading hour laws has been sued for sexual harassment by a […]

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Designer appeals loss after court finds bikini style name not a trade mark
Intellectual Property 2019-11-06 7:06 pm By Christine Caulfield

Women’s fashion designer Pinnacle Runway is challenging a ruling that found a rival’s use of the name ‘Delphine’ to describe a bikini style did not […]

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Fair Work Ombudsman ‘shocked’ after Woolworths reveals $300M staff underpayment
Employment 2019-10-30 2:07 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Fair Work Ombudsman has vowed to hold Woolworths to account after the supermarket giant disclosed Wednesday it had underpaid thousands of employees up to […]

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After landmark Myer ruling, settlements in shareholder class actions to stay the norm
Analysis 2019-10-25 8:39 pm By Christine Caulfield

A groundbreaking class action ruling by the Federal Court on Thursday that found Myer misled shareholders and accepted the applicant’s market-based causation theory is the […]

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Judge ‘defies anyone’ to understand confusing Surfstitch opt out notice
Class Actions 2019-10-25 10:34 am By Miklos Bolza

A judge has ordered the legal teams behind two settled Surfstitch class actions to have another crack at the opt out notice, saying the current […]

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Kmart pockets win over streetwear company in cargo pants IP dispute
Intellectual Property 2019-10-16 10:39 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Kmart has defeated claims by a streetwear company that the retail giant infringed the copyright for its cargo pants and shorts designs. The case was […]

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Dick Smith cases to be heard together, after insurance class action plaintiffs drop discontinuance bid
Class Actions 2019-10-15 11:20 pm By Amelia Birnie

A judge has ordered all proceedings against Dick Smith to be heard concurrently during a marathon three month trial, after the plaintiffs in a shareholder […]

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