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ACCC claims Freedom Furniture misled consumers about refund rights
ACCC 2020-07-07 6:00 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Freedom Furniture has paid penalties of $25,200 after being hit with two infringement notices by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission for allegedly misleading customers about their consumer guarantee rights.

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Westpac owes $8M to underpaid workers
Employment 2020-07-03 11:35 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Westpac has become the latest company to discover it shortchanged workers, announcing it will pay $8 million to around 8,000 current and former staff who were not paid long service leave entitlements.

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Contingency fee applications must be made ASAP in class actions, court says
Class Actions 2020-07-03 5:46 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Law firms seeking to bring class actions on a contingency fee basis in the Victorian Supreme Court must seek court approval for the now-legal arrangement as early as possible in the proceeding, the court has said.

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NSW Supreme Court rolls out misconduct policy in wake of Heydon scandal
Employment 2020-07-02 9:58 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

An external adviser will handle workplace misconduct claims against judges at the NSW Supreme Court under a new policy implemented following allegations that former High Court justice Dyson Heydon sexually harassed six female associates during his time on the bench.

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Heydon’s barrister licence lapses as sexual harassment fallout widens
Employment 2020-07-01 11:05 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Former High Court Justice Dyson Heydon can no longer practice as a barrister, after an investigation conducted by the court found he sexually harassed six female associates.

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Law firm investigates class action against nursing home over COVID-19 outbreak
Class Actions 2020-07-01 6:09 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The company that operates the Newmarch House nursing home in Sydney is facing a possible class action after a coronavirus outbreak at the facility resulted in the deaths of 19 residents.

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Hytera can’t claim Motorola purposefully delayed notification of source code theft
Angus Lang 2020-06-30 5:00 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Sydney

A judge has rejected new evidence sought to be advanced by Hytera Communications in its IP battle with Motorola that Motorola deliberately delayed notifying Hytera of possible theft of its source code because it wanted to improve its market position.

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Dentons can’t block use of info from its class action in latest toxic foam case by Shine
Alicia Lyons 2020-06-30 4:47 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Shine Lawyers has been given the go ahead to use two reports produced in three settled PFAS class actions as evidence in its latest case over the Defence Department’s firefighting foam, with a judge saying any implied undertaking not to re-use the material lost force when the information became public.

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Opal Tower apartment owners file lawsuit against NSW Government
Barry Nilsson Lawyers 2020-06-29 11:00 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Owners of units in Sydney’s Opal Tower have filed a lawsuit against the NSW Government and builder Icon after allegedly discovering more than 500 additional defects in the troubled building.

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Janssen files lawsuit to block generic version of HIV drug
Biopharmalex 2020-06-29 4:17 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Drug maker Janssen has fired off a lawsuit against Juno Pharmaceuticals for allegedly threatening to infringe a patent for its HIV drug Prezista with a generic version of the drug, one year after fending off generic competition from a different drug maker.

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