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Marketing firms face multimillion dollar wage theft class actions
Class Actions 2018-06-04 11:22 am By Christine Caulfield

In the wake of a major ruling approving a wage class action against fundraiser Appco, more “sham” contracting suits were launched Monday, this time against two international direct marketing companies.

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Garmin denied quick win in $1.1M dispute
Contracts 2018-06-04 11:02 am By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has denied a bid for summary judgment by Garmin Australia in a lawsuit brought by the GPS giant seeking $1.1 million allegedly owed under an agreement to supply its products for sale in Australia.

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Commonwealth Bank to pay $700M to settle AUSTRAC case
Financial Rights Legal Centre 2018-06-04 10:54 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Commonwealth Bank of Australia will pay $700 million to settle claims of lax anti-money laundering oversight.

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ABCC loses appeal over CFMEU blockade at Canberra site
Employment 2018-06-01 11:37 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Australian Building and Construction Commissioner has lost its challenge to a Federal Court decision dismissing allegations that the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union engaged in unlawful industrial action in Canberra in 2014.

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Wyeth faces trial over generic Effexor delay
Intellectual Property 2018-06-01 11:21 pm By Miklos Bolza

A decade-long courtroom battle over a patent for Effexor-XR that delayed the release of cheap versions of the anti-depressant is at the centre of a trial starting Monday in Sydney pitting four generic drug makers against pharmaceutical giant Wyeth.

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ACCC rejected $3M settlement offer from CFMEU in secondary boycott case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-06-01 11:06 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The ACCC rejected a $3 million settlement offer in a high-profile case against the Construction, Forestry, Mining, and Energy Union over secondary boycotts, instead taking its chances in a trial that ultimately resulted in a penalty of just $1 million, according to a judgment published Friday.

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Unlockd and loaded: A startup takes on Google
Analysis 2018-06-01 10:21 pm By Christine Caulfield

Unlockd’s case against Google is the first action in Australia to test a revamped law prohibiting misuse of market power, and one of the first private cases in the world to challenge Google’s dominance in court. For both sides, the stakes couldn’t be higher.

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Optus wants damages for lost biz after Telstra ‘Unlimited’ ads
Telecommunications 2018-06-01 3:50 pm By Miklos Bolza

Telecommunications company Optus asked a judge Friday to award damages for customers it lost as a result of Telstra’s “Unlimited” ad campaign, which the Federal Court ruled last week was misleading and deceptive.

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Judge ‘stunned’ at ill-prepared union watchdog
Employment 2018-05-31 9:17 pm By Miklos Bolza

A lawyer for the Registered Organisations Commission faced the ire of a Federal Court judge on Thursday when he admitted he had no instructions on what penalties the regulator was seeking in a Fair Work case against the CEPU.

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CFMEU appeals ‘flawed’ $2.5M penalty over strike
Employment 2018-05-31 8:46 pm By Miklos Bolza

A ruling imposing a record $2.5 million fine against the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union had “fundamental flaws”, a lawyer for the union told the Full Federal Court Thursday.

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