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Average payout to TFS pelvic mesh class action members kept out of notice
Class Actions 2023-06-23 3:47 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action on behalf of women injured by alleged defective pelvic mesh will not advise group members the estimated average return from the proceeds of a settlement against defunct device manufacturer TFS’ insurer because it would be “cruel”.

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Legal industry one of the most vulnerable to ransomware attacks: report
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2023-06-23 11:07 pm By Sam Matthews

The legal industry is one of the most vulnerable to attack by ransomware, with over 200 attacks worldwide in three years, according to a recent report.

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Crown backpays $1.2M to employees wrongly classified as award-free
Employment 2023-06-23 4:36 pm By Gareth Baker

Casino operator Crown Resorts has agreed to backpay employees more than $1.2 million, after the company notified the Fair Work Ombudsman that it had underpaid workers at its Melbourne and Perth locations for almost six years. 

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Developer says Full Court ‘plainly wrong’ in tossing ACCC’s case against NSW Ports
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-06-22 11:02 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A New South Wales developer will mount a challenge to a Full Court decision that tossed the ACCC’s competition case against NSW Ports over an agreement to privatise two ports, arguing the majority ruling was “plainly wrong”.

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Law firm can rep defendant in defamation case despite consult with plaintiff
Defamation 2023-06-22 12:57 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has found that a Western Australian law firm can act for a doctor who has been sued for defamation despite having learned about the case from the plaintiff during a preliminary consultation. 

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Trial questions won’t be revised to give Monsanto ‘layer of insurance’ in class action
Product Liability 2023-06-22 11:47 am By Sam Matthews

The judge overseeing a class action against Monsanto over its weed killer has rejected the agrochemical giant’s application to amend the common questions to be decided at a liability trial to account for its alternative defence.

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Quintis founder’s estate sequestered, in win for company with $15M claim
Restructuring & Insolvency 2023-06-22 11:26 pm By Christine Caulfield

A court has ordered the estate of Frank Wilson, founder of failed sandalwood producer Quintis, to be sequestered in a claim brought by Quintis subsidiary Arwon to recover an unpaid $15 million debt. 

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Judge ‘very concerned’ by delay, miscommunication in P&O Cruises cases
Personal injury 2023-06-22 3:30 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has expressed her concern over delays in a suite of cases filed against P&O Cruises by holidaymakers who were seriously injured in a fatal bus collision in Vanuatu in 2016.

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Human rights lawyers can intervene in ATO whistleblower case
Employment 2023-06-22 4:27 pm By Gareth Baker

The Human Rights Law Centre has been given the go ahead to intervene as amicus curiae in the case of ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle, after a March ruling that the former debt collection officer could not rely on statutory whistleblower protections

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ACCC’s rejection of $1.8B Telstra, TPG deal stands on appeal
Telecommunications 2023-06-21 10:22 am By Cindy Cameronne

Telstra and TPG have lost their challenge to the ACCC’s decision refusing authorisation for a $1.8 billion regional network sharing agreement, with the Australian Competition Tribunal finding the deal would increase Telstra’s dominance in the mobile phone market. 

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