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TPG, Vodafone drag feet on ACCC’s information request
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has suspended its timeline for announcing whether it will bless the proposed $15 billion merger of telco giants TPG and Vodafone Hutchison Australia, saying the parties have still not complied with its requests for information.
GetSwift weighs bid to toss law firm from ASIC action
GetSwift has warned it may seek an injunction blocking Johnson Winter & Slattery from acting as instructing lawyers to the corporate cop in its enforcement action against the logistics company, saying the firm provided advisory work for it last year.
Unions call for changes to workplace sexual harassment laws
A group of more than 100 organisations, including unions, lawyers and health groups, is calling for an overhaul to the workplace sexual harassment laws to address the alarming prevalence of harassment in Australian workplaces.
Woman who posted link to video on Facebook can appeal defamation ruling
A woman who shared a link to a defamatory video on her Facebook page and was ordered to pay $18,880 in damages has won leave to appeal a ruling that slashed the award to $400 but still found her liable for defamation.
Court slams judge for ‘regrettable’ $2.8M award in Microsoft IP case
A judge's decision imposing damages of over $2.8 million on a Melbourne computer retailer facing an intellectual property lawsuit by Microsoft has been slammed as "regrettable" and a judicial "failure," in a judgment overturning the ruling.
Explicit Snapchat pic sent to co-worker validates sacking, FWC finds
Sydney Trains was justified in its dismissal of a train guard who claimed he sent an explicit Snapchat picture of his genitalia to a colleague in an "honest mistake," the Fair Work Commission has found.
Maurice Blackburn loses appeal over ATO bill on Black Saturday class action payout
Maurice Blackburn has lost a long-running fight with the Australian Taxation Office over a tax bill on two massive class action settlements secured by the firm for thousands of Black Saturday bushfire victims.
Apartment provider drops case against Hilton over ‘Waldorf’ trade mark
A serviced apartments provider has discontinued its appeal of a ruling that blocked it from trade marking the phrase "Waldorf Apartment", after Hilton Worldwide — which owns New York’s iconic Waldorf Astoria hotel - opposed the move.
Owners of $5.8M Eureka Tower apartment win damages for 130-week fitout delay
The Victorian Supreme Court has awarded a couple $145,000 in damages from a construction firm that denied them access to their brand new $5.8 million apartment and art gallery in Melbourne's Eureka Tower for 130 weeks.
Divestiture saves $578M Bingo, Dial-a-Dump deal from trash heap
The ACCC has signed off on waste management company Bingo's proposed $578 million acquisition of waste collection and processing service Dial-a-Dump, with the regulator saying Bingo's proposal to divest a waste processing facility alleviated its competition concerns.