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Crown backpays $1.2M to employees wrongly classified as award-free
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. 
Ashurst recruits two partners from Gilbert + Tobin for M&A practice
Ashurst has poached two Gilbert + Tobin partners for its corporate team, as the firm expands its offering in the public and private M&A markets in Australia and abroad.
Associate Justice, silk appointed to Victorian Supreme Court
The Victorian government has elevated an Associate Justice who has overseen class actions and a senior counsel who assisted the Victorian royal commission into Crown Resorts to serve as judges on the Supreme Court of Victoria. 
Crown Melbourne fined $20M for tax failures
Victoria's gambling regulator has slapped Crown Melbourne with a $20 million penalty for failing to pay proper casino tax.
ASIC hits Melbourne CFD broker with interim stop order
ASIC has issued an interim stop order barring a Melbourne-based investment broker from opening trading accounts or dealing in contracts for difference or margin foreign exchange contracts to retail investors. 
Banton Group snags two ‘hardcore litigators’ to power overseas expansion
Boutique litigation firm Banton Group has hired Laura Keily and Ryan McCrosson as name partners, as as the firm eyes expansion into the US, UK and Cayman markets.
ACCC tells ‘fake local’ florists to get out of town
The ACCC has brought proceedings against a national flower retailer for allegedly adapting its websites and google ads to deceive online customers into believing they were a local florist. 
Greenwashing, ESG next target for class action firms, says Clayton Utz partner
Class action firms and funders will set their sights on claims related to environmental, social and governance investing, says Clayton Utz’s new litigation partner Matthew Spain, but whether the game is worth the candle remains to be seen.
Victorian Bar to poll members on endorsing Voice to Parliament
A group of Victorian barristers says the Bar has a responsibility to make a public statement backing the proposed Voice to Parliament, while others have questioned the “propriety” of speaking out, an email to members reveals.