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Food franchisors to face ACCC scrutiny
Café, restaurant and take away food services franchisors, which have faced criticism and litigation for allegedly misleading franchisees, will now face heightened scrutiny from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
Coles manager who harassed staff with Facebook friend requests not unfairly fired, FWC says
A Coles manager who sexually harassed and bullied young female employees by touching them and asking them to friend him on Facebook was fired by the supermarket giant for a valid reason, the workplace umpire has found.
Fairfax won’t drop suit against Network 10 over Boss trade mark
Fairfax Media is moving forward with a lawsuit against Network Ten over the alleged infringement of its "Boss" trade mark, even after the TV broadcaster agreed to stop using the name.
Sarah Hanson-Young wants Leyonhjelm to pay her legal bill for unexplained court absence
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young, who is suing fellow senator David Leyonhjelm for defamation, has asked a court for the costs of having her lawyers appear at a hearing for which his side failed, without explanation, to appear.
Maurice Blackburn drops investigation of Opal Tower class action
Maurice Blackburn has dropped its investigation of a possible class action on behalf of owners of units in Sydney's faulty Opal Tower, but Corrs Chambers Westgarth is still pursuing a potential case.
Rival law firms backpedal in deal over competing Commonwealth Bank class actions
Law firms Maurice Blackburn and Phi Finney McDonald have stepped back from a proposed consolidation of their class actions against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and want to run their own cases again, but now with "harmonised" pleadings.
Class action threat hurt Boart Longyear scheme vote, judge says
A judge has recommended another shareholder vote over Boart Longyear's plan to move to Canada, saying a letter by a minority shareholder warning the move could imperil a possible class action against the distressed mining services company was misleading and affected the integrity of the vote.
Merck Sharp & Dohme slams Wyeth vaccine patent claims as ‘hearsay and speculation’
Claims by Wyeth that its patented Prevnar 13 pneumococcal vaccine was inventive because other pharmaceutical giants had failed in developing similar vaccines are based on "hearsay and speculation," Merck Sharp & Dohme told the court during closing submissions in the high-stakes trial over the world's best-selling vaccine.
Optus hit with $10M fine for misleading customers over mobile phone bills
Optus has been ordered to pay $10 million in penalties for billing unwitting customers for premium mobile phone services, the consumer regulator said Wednesday.
Federal Court to get white collar crime caseload
The government has thrown its support behind a proposal to give the Federal Court jurisdiction to hear white collar criminal matters.