Antoinette Lattouf wins $70,000 in unfair dismissal case against ABC

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A judge has awarded former ABC presenter Antoinette Lattouf $70,000 in compensation after finding the national broadcaster unlawfully terminated her employment because of her opposition to the Israeli military campaign in Gaza.

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Judge rejects bid to declass ‘junk’ insurance class action

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A judge has dismissed applications by mortgage broker Lendi Group and insurer ALI Group to declass a group proceeding over allegedly worthless mortgage insurance, saying it would be more efficient for the claims to advance as a class action. 

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Nine says contempt bid against lawyers, journalists ‘doomed’

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Nine has argued a contempt bid by intervenors in Antoinette Latouff’s dismissal suit against the ABC is “doomed” given the articles  at issue were published a year before a suppression order was made.

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ACCC targets Dendy Cinema for ‘drip’ pricing

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Dendy Cinema has paid a $19,800 penalty after the ACCC alleged it failed to prominently display the total price for movie tickets sold online at the earliest point in the sale process, a practice known as ‘drip’ pricing.

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Bickford’s looks to protect ‘Spritz’ trade mark from cancellation

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A judge has consolidated two cases in the Federal Court in which beverage maker Bickford’s is defending its ‘Spritz’ trade mark against bids for cancellation.

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Tradie scared into quitting by boss’s swearing, FWC says

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The Fair Work Commission has found that an electrician had no choice but to quit after copping an expletive-laden talking to by his boss, despite accepting that swearing was likely “part of the everyday work culture” at the blue-collar business.

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S&P settles investors’ case but class action will resolve when ‘hell freezes over’, court told

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S&P has reached a settlement in a case by two Cayman Island companies over alleged defective ratings but a class action won’t settle until “hell freezes over,” a court has heard.

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Unfair to deprive Maurice Blackburn of higher fees in class action run with Slaters: judge

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A judge has OK’d a settlement in a class action against Treasury Wine Estates, along with $27 million in fees charged by Maurice Blackburn and Slater & Gordon, after initially questioning the difference between the firms’ rates.

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Zip wants High Court to resolve honest use split in trade mark rulings

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Zip Co wants the High Court to weigh in on the defence of honest concurrent use in trade mark infringement cases, pointing to a “glaring inconsistency” between two recent rulings.

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