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Rugby Australia loses WIPO dispute over wallabies.com.au
Intellectual Property 2019-03-11 10:50 pm By Christine Caulfield

Rugby Australia, which manages national rugby union team the Wallabies, has lost its claim to the wallabies.com.au domain, which is owned by a Perth company and features pictures and links to articles about the cute marsupials.

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Liquidator loses appeal to block evidence as ATO aims at 10 year ban
Restructuring & Insolvency 2019-03-11 8:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

An appeals court has dismissed a challenge by Veritas Advisory principal liquidator David Iannuzzi to the admissibility of evidence submitted by the Australian Taxation Office in the agency’s case seeking compensation and a 10-year ban.

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Commonwealth Bank wants to shut down one of two rival class actions
Class Actions 2019-03-11 8:21 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has launched a bid to stay a shareholder class action brought by boutique law firm Phi Finney McDonald after the firm retreated from a plan to consolidate its case with a competing class action run by rival Maurice Blackburn.

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ASIC slams banks for ‘unreasonable’ delays in fees-for-no-service reviews
Financial Services 2019-03-11 3:24 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Most of the country’s major financial institutions have still not conducted a systemic review of their fees-for-no-service failures, according to ASIC, which called the delays “unreasonable”.

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Bellamy’s keeps up fight for cost capping in joint class actions
Class Actions 2019-03-11 12:23 pm By Christine Caulfield

Baby food maker Bellamy’s is not giving up its fight to limit the costs of two shareholder class actions against the company, lodging an appeal of a ruling that shut down its cost-capping bid as premature.

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Court lifts injunction, allows Allianz Stadium demolition to begin
Construction 2019-03-08 10:19 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The NSW Land and Environment Court has shot down attempts to further delay demolition work as part of the $729 million redevelopment of Sydney’s Allianz Stadium.

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‘Inoffensive drunkenness’ at work party not grounds for firing, FWC says
Employment 2019-03-08 10:03 pm By Miklos Bolza

An employee of electrical contractor Ryan Wilks who was fired for getting drunk at a co-worker’s farewell party can have her job back, the Fair Work Commission has found, saying most Australians would face the ax if “inoffensive drunkenness” were grounds for sacking someone.

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CFMMEU fined $55,000 for pressuring worker to join union
Employment 2019-03-08 9:32 pm By Miklos Bolza

The CFMMEU has been hit with a $55,080 penalty after a judge found the union pressured a landscaper to join despite only being contracted to work for a couple of days.

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BASF appeals ruling over Lubrizol fuel additive patent
Intellectual Property 2019-03-08 9:13 pm By Miklos Bolza

Chemical giant BASF is appealing an IP Australia ruling that allowed US-based Lubrizol Corporation to amend certain claims of its patent for an improved fuel additive.

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Doctor taped meeting where Ramsay Health unit CEO made alleged threats, trial hears
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-03-08 4:50 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A surgeon who was considering opening a health clinic in Coffs Harbour, NSW recorded one of the meetings central to the competition watchdog’s action against Ramsay Health, in which alleged anti-competitive threats were made by a CEO of two Ramsay units, a court has heard. 

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