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Mayfair 101’s James Mawhinney says he should not face penalty in ASIC case
Financial Services 2021-06-30 1:15 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The founder of embattled investment group Mayfair 101, James Mawhinney, will argue that he should not be ordered to pay any penalty after the company was found to have misled investors about its financial products.

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7-Eleven agrees to settle franchisee class actions
Class Actions 2021-06-30 12:35 pm By Miklos Bolza

7-Eleven has reached an in-principle agreement to settle two class actions which accused the convenience store giant of misleading franchisees and underpaying employees at its stores.

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Sumo Power fined $1.2M for misleading consumers
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-06-30 9:48 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Victorian electric utility Sumo Power has been fined $1.2 million for luring customers with the promise of discounts and low rates only to jack up their prices months later.

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Barrister reprimanded for lewd gesture faces appeal by NSW Bar Association
Legal Ethics 2021-06-29 10:14 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Council of the NSW Bar Association has filed an appeal after a tribunal found that a Sydney barrister who allegedly pushed an assistant clerk’s head while making a sexual remark at a professional dinner did not commit sexual harassment but was engaging her in “horseplay”.

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S&P class action applicant resists paying security for ratings agency’s costs
Class Actions 2021-06-29 5:13 pm By Christine Caulfield

A fight is looming over a bid by S&P Global for a class action applicant to pay security for the legal costs of defending the litigation, with the applicant arguing it shouldn’t have to fork over anything.

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Former Nuix CFO, family members caught up in $17.8M insider trading probe
White Collar 2021-06-29 2:20 pm By Christine Caulfield

The corporate regulator has secured a travel ban against the brother of former Nuix CFO Stephen Doyle as it pursues a criminal investigation of alleged insider trading by the executive and his family.

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Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial adjourned as COVID-19 flares in NSW
Trials 2021-06-29 1:35 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Trial in the defamation case by accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith has been adjourned for three weeks after COVID-19 restrictions prevented witnesses from travelling to Sydney and national security concerns were raised regarding Afghani witnesses set to give evidence.

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Court finds Ford PowerShift cars defective, in victory for class action
Class Actions 2021-06-29 1:24 pm By Miklos Bolza

In a win for a long-running class action against US auto giant Ford on behalf of owners of 70,000 vehicles, a judge has found that cars installed with PowerShift transmissions were defective.

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ACCC loses competition case against NSW Ports over 50-year deal with state
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-06-29 11:27 am By Cindy Cameronne

The ACCC has lost its regulatory action against NSW Ports alleging a 50-year agreement with the state, signed when Port Botany and Port Kembla were privatised in 2013, was anti-competitive.

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How a sliding doors moment led Slater and Gordon’s Andrew Paull into class actions
Litigation Rising Stars 2021-06-28 10:17 pm By Miklos Bolza

If not for a “sliding doors moment” experienced soon after graduating university, Slater and Gordon class action practice group leader Andrew Paul could have ended up on a very different career path.

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