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CFMMEU admits to Fair Work breaches in strike against Boral subsidiary
Employment 2019-01-22 9:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

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.

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Amazon had no obligation to use GetSwift’s services, class action claims
Class Actions 2019-01-21 10:48 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

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.

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Ex-McInnes Wilson lawyer struck off after funneling over $680,000 to wife’s biz
Legal Ethics 2019-01-21 7:39 pm By Christine Caulfield

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.

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Judge tosses Cash Converters’ ‘singular’ bid for recusal from settlement hearing
Class Actions 2019-01-18 10:41 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has shot down a bid by Cash Converters to recuse himself from hearing arguments for a $16.4 million class action settlement, saying his advice while still a barrister to the law firm running the proceedings did not give rise to apprehended bias.

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Law firm wants to shut down class action over excessive fees
Class Actions 2019-01-18 12:58 pm By Miklos Bolza

A Queensland law firm says litigation launched by a former client alleging she and other clients were charged excessive fees should not be run as a class action.

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Full Court puts injector pen patent appeal on fast track
Intellectual Property 2019-01-17 2:03 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Full Federal Court has expedited an appeal filed Christmas Eve by Sanofi-Aventis of a ruling that denied its bid to block Alphapharm from listing an insulin injector pen on the Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme.

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Lawyer Brody Clarke jailed for stealing from client to feed ‘irrational’ gambling habit
White Collar 2019-01-16 11:42 pm By Christine Caulfield

A former solicitor with Sydney law firm Atanaskovic Hartnell was jailed Wednesday for a minimum of three years in a fraud case a judge called a “sad illustration of the moral delinquency” of online betting in Australia.

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DLA Piper sued by QC, junior barrister over $370,000 in unpaid fees
Business of Law 2019-01-16 10:13 pm By Christine Caulfield

A Queens Counsel and a junior barrister at the Victorian Bar are taking DLA Piper to court, accusing the law firm of failing to pay more than $370,000 in fees.

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Spotless judgment clarifies redundancy payment exception
Employment 2019-01-16 5:14 pm By Miklos Bolza

Spotless Services violated the Fair Work Act by failing to pay redundancy for workers employed at Perth International Airport, a court has found, in a ruling that clarifies when employers are on the hook for redundancy payments.

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Opal Tower ‘structurally sound’ but flaws found in design, construction, report says
Construction 2019-01-15 10:40 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The cracks that led to the evacuation of Sydney’s Opal Tower and threats of litigation have been blamed on design and construction issues, but the building is structurally sound and not in danger of collapse, according to an interim report commissioned by the NSW Government.

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