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Merivale faces potential employment class action alleging ‘systemic underpayments’
Sydney hospitality giant Merivale is facing a potential class action after the Fair Work Commission terminated an expired enterprise agreement, which had its army of staff on salaries well below the industry award rate.
Leyonhjelm a no-show in Hanson-Young defamation appeal
Barristers for Senator David Leyonhjelm failed to turn up to the first case management hearing in the politician's own appeal of the court's dismissal of his bid to stay a defamation case brought by Senator Sarah Hanson-Young.
Google fined €50M by French regulator for privacy breaches
Google has been hit with a €50 million ($79.5 million) fine by the French data protection watchdog, the largest penalty by a regulator under Europe's beefed up privacy laws that came into effect last year.
CFMMEU admits to Fair Work breaches in strike against Boral subsidiary
The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union has admitted to contravening the Fair Work Act by taking industrial action against a subsidiary of building materials giant Boral in an attempt to coerce the company into approving a new enterprise agreement.
ACCC decision on TPG, Vodafone merger put on hold
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has postponed the release of preliminary findings from its review into the proposed merger of telco giants TPG and Vodafone Hutchison Australia, and has blamed the companies for the delay.
Deep Investments’ case over $10M in share trading losses shut down
An appeals court has shut down a case brought by investment adviser Deep Investments against a solicitor and six others over $10 million in alleged share trading losses, saying the proceedings were an abuse of process.
Amazon had no obligation to use GetSwift’s services, class action claims
GetSwift failed to disclose to investors that under an agreement announced with Amazon, the e-commerce giant had no obligation to use the logistics provider for any of its deliveries, according to new court documents filed in the shareholder class action against GetSwift and its founders.
Spruson & Ferguson nabs senior patent lawyer from FPA
Intellectual property powerhouse Spruson & Ferguson has bolstered the ranks of its Melbourne office with the recruitment of seasoned patent lawyer Brett Connor from FPA Patent Attorneys.
Auto parts copycat Frontline fined $1.1M for infringement
A judge has ordered auto components distributor Frontline Australasia to pay $1.1 million in damages after reproducing wire harnesses made by Lumen Australia without permission and supplying the unauthorised parts to car makers Mazda and Mitsubishi.
Ex-McInnes Wilson lawyer struck off after funneling over $680,000 to wife’s biz
A former McInnes Wilson lawyer has been struck off the roll of practitioners after an administrative tribunal found he engaged in "protracted and egregious acts of malfeasance" by funneling over $681,000 to his wife and her business, including through forged invoices.