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Gadens shows rival firms up with 15% pay hike for all lawyers
Business of Law 2021-11-08 2:00 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Gadens has joined the salary hike frenzy spreading across the Australian legal market, announcing it will increase pay for all lawyers by 15 per cent.

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High Court won’t hear J&J’s appeal in pelvic mesh class action
Appeals 2021-11-05 3:11 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Johnson & Johnson unit Ethicon will now be on the hook for damages to 11,000 women implanted with defective pelvic mesh devices, after the High Court declined to hear its appeal of a ruling that found it failed to adequately warn about the devices’ risks.

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Facial recognition software company Clearview AI breached privacy laws, regulator finds
OAIC 2021-11-04 10:33 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

US-based facial recognition software company Clearview AI has been ordered to cease collecting facial images from individuals in Australia and destroy all the data it has collected within the country.

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E&P Financial to defend Dixon Advisory class action
ASIC 2021-11-04 2:28 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

E&P Financial Group says it will defend a class action brought against it, subsidiary Dixon Advisory and director Alan Dixon, alleging they reaped millions of dollars in fees by pushing unsuitable financial products onto investors.

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High Court upholds challenge to backpacker tax
Appeals 2021-11-03 4:36 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The High Court has found a 15 per cent ‘backpacker tax’ imposed on holders of Australian working holiday visas violates a double taxation agreement between Australia and the UK.

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Eastern Health, Royal Women’s targeted in latest junior doctors class action
Class Actions 2021-10-26 12:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Eastern Health and the Royal Women’s Hospital have become the latest hospital operators to be stung with a class action alleging they failed to pay junior doctors for unrostered work hours.

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Beach Energy faces second shareholder class action investigation over Western Flank disclosures
Class Actions 2021-10-26 9:37 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Australia’s largest onshore oil producer, Beach Energy, is facing a second shareholder class action investigation into whether it misled the market with its projected earnings from oil reserves on the Western Flank in South Australia.

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Tyro hit with class action over terminal outage
Bannister Law 2021-10-20 4:10 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Payments provider Tyro has been hit with a class action over a days-long terminal outage that left many businesses unable to accept payments.

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Class action firms circle Star following $1B share price plunge
Class Actions 2021-10-18 1:05 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Star Entertainment Group is facing two possible shareholder class actions over alleged failures in the management of its anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing risks.

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Son of ex-Qantas chairman takes airline to court again
Employment 2021-10-18 1:44 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The 64-year-old son of former Qantas chairman Sir Lenox Hewitt, who sued the airline for age discrimination earlier this year, has taken the company to court again alleging he’s owed over $90,000 in compensation.

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