Foxtel should pay more than a gym to stream copyrighted recordings, court told

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A Copyright Tribunal decision that led to substantially lower sound recording licence fees for Foxtel was “beyond the pale” because it compared fees charged to the cable TV giant with those charged to fitness centres, the Full Federal Court heard Wednesday.

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CrownBet goes on the attack, says Sportsbet’s trade marks must be revoked

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In an escalating battle between the online bookmakers, CrownBet has filed a cross claim in a consumer and trademark infringement lawsuit brought by Sportsbet that calls for the cancellation of its rival’s trade marks.

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Westpac adviser at centre of ASIC suit got ‘high achievement’ ratings, bank admits

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Westpac admits that it violated the Corporations Act by awarding high performance marks to a financial adviser whose work was flagged for compliance concerns during several internal reviews.

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LGL Commodities CFO can’t drag accountant into liquidator’s suit

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The former chief financial officer of LGL Commodities has lost a bid to join the accountant for the collapsed grain trader as a co-defendant in a case brought against him and three other directors by the company’s liquidators.

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CFMMEU warned of deregistration risk for ‘aberrant’ conduct

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The CFMMEU must force “systemic behavioural change” on its construction division, a majority Full Federal Court said Tuesday in upholding a fine of $306,000 for workplace breaches against the union and raising the spectre of deregistration.

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Brambles hit with second shareholder class action

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Chain logistics company Brambles is facing a second class action alleging it breached its continuous disclosure obligations by failing to revise its overly rosy 2017 financial forecast on several occasions.

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Class action can claim Westpac unit knew about $1.9M Ponzi scheme

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A judge has denied a Westpac unit’s bid to strike allegations that it knew about a $1.9 million Ponzi scheme from a class action alleging the bank aided the Ponzi schemer’s illegal conduct.

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Law firm must pay for ‘ineffective’ radio ads, court says

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Employment law firm McDonald Murholme has lost an appeal in a case over $37,000 in unpaid bills for five months of radio advertisements on the Victorian Radio Network the firm said were ineffective.

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AMP slams ‘red herring’ in class action transfer fight

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Embattled financial giant AMP on Tuesday criticised concerns raised by lawyers for the federal class actions about group members’ opt out rights, saying the concerns were a “red herring” in the fight against an order transferring their cases to the NSW Supreme Court.

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