Please login to bookmark Close
Livestock exporter Wellard is facing a shareholder class action over a profit downgrade following its $300 million initial public offering in 2015.
Facebook taken to court by privacy watchdog alleging ‘systemic failures’
Please login to bookmark Close
Facebook has been hit with regulatory action by the Privacy Commissioner alleging the social media giant exposed the personal information of over 300,000 Australian users to third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, without authorisation.
Director’s illness no excuse to dodge employee PAYG, super payments, appeals court finds
Please login to bookmark Close
A restaurant director will have to pay over $33,000 in unpaid tax after an appeals court found that despite a prolonged period of severe illness it was still reasonable to expect that management of the business and the fulfillment of tax obligations would continue.
Producer behind Golden Girls puppet show loses defamation case against collaborators
Please login to bookmark Close
A theatre producer facing a lawsuit by his former collaborators for stealing the script for his off-Broadway puppet show parody of the 80s TV sitcom Golden Girls has lost his own legal action against them, which alleged they defamed him and engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct by talking to a New York Times reporter about their lawsuit.
Union files FWC challenge after Qantas worker suspended for coronavirus warning
Please login to bookmark Close
Qantas is facing a Fair Work Commission lawsuit by the Transport Workers’ Union after the airline suspended an aircraft cleaner who raised concerns about coronavirus risks.
Melbourne brothel wants order compelling Google to release info on anonymous reviewers
Please login to bookmark Close
Google has been hit with a third preliminary discovery lawsuit seeking the identity of online reviewers, this time by a Melbourne brothel and escort service seeking to eliminate 11 one-star reviews from the search engine.
Bega did not waive legal professional privilege by probing cancer-stricken witness
Please login to bookmark Close
Fonterra Brands has been blocked from accessing documents recording a witness statement made and later disputed by Bega’s executive chairman, in a dispute between the two dairy companies over a trade mark licence agreement.
Court rules international passengers can join Scenic Tours class action
Please login to bookmark Close
International passengers from five countries have been given the go-ahead to join a class action alleging travel agency Scenic Tours owes damages to European cruise passengers forced to take buses when heavy rain flooded waterways to include.
Clayton Utz reopens Sydney office after employee’s wife cleared of coronavirus
Please login to bookmark Close
Staff at the Sydney office of Clayton Utz can return to work Monday after the law firm sent employees home last week amid concerns that one of its employees has been exposed to the coronavirus.
Crude joke no valid reason for dismissing ‘larrikin’ mine worker, FWC finds
Please login to bookmark Close
The Fair Work Commission has found that BHP’s decision to fire a mine worker and self-professed ‘larrikin’ for a single crude joke was unjustified, but the employee’s attempts to throw other staff “under the bus” during an internal investigation were valid reasons for the dismissal.