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Settlement reached in Illinois Tool Works lawsuit over concrete patent
Davies Collison Cave 2020-12-01 10:16 am By Cat Fredenburgh

An Australian concrete product maker has settled a lawsuit brought by US industrial equipment manufacturer Illinois Tool Works over its patents for precast concrete products.

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$50M settlement resolves class action against Vocation, PwC
Accounting 2020-11-30 9:07 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A $50 million settlement has been reached in a long-running shareholder class action against defunct vocational training company Vocation that also spawned multiple cross-claims against the failed company’s auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers, law firm Johnson Winter & Slattery and individual directors.

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Google won’t touch user data for 10 years if ACCC blesses $3B Fitbit deal
ACCC 2020-11-30 3:06 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Google is seeking to assuage ACCC concerns that its planned $3 billion acquisition of fitness device company Fitbit would further entrench its market power by giving it access to a treasure trove of user data, promising the regulator that it will not use data collected through wearables for advertising purposes for at least 10 years.

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Qube resolves misuse of market power case against Port of Newcastle
ACCC 2020-11-30 2:29 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Logistics services provider Qube has resolved a lawsuit that accused the Port of Newcastle of misusing its power in the market for port services by denying Qube’s request to use its own equipment to provide dry bulk unloading services at the port.

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PwC looks to shut down lawsuit claiming DocuSign not a valid form of termination
Accounting 2020-11-30 1:12 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

PricewaterhouseCoopers is seeking to strike out a lawsuit brought by a former director who claims her notice of termination was invalid because it was delivered through DocuSign.

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ASIC wins case against insurer Youi over 2-year delay on hail damage claim
Albert Ounapuu 2020-11-27 10:18 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A court has found that insurer Youi breached its duty of utmost good faith by taking two years to settle a home owner’s hail storm claim.

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Judge postpones signing off on GetSwift move to Canada until FIRB approval
ASIC 2020-11-27 7:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A judge has indicated she will approve GetSwift’s plans to relocate to Canada, despite concerns raised by ASIC, but will wait until the company has received approval from the Foreign Investment Review Board.

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‘I’ve never seen such nonsense in an affidavit’: Judge flays lawyers in S&P class action
Banton Group 2020-11-27 1:09 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A judge has lashed out at the legal team behind a class action against S&P over allegedly misleading credit ratings for filing hearsay evidence in support of an application to serve the ratings giant overseas, saying that “nobody who is a first year law student” would say the evidence was admissible.

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University of Sydney defeats lawsuit by lecturer sacked over swastika
Ashurst 2020-11-27 11:51 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The Federal Court has thrown out a lawsuit brought against the University of Sydney by a former political economy lecturer who was fired for a seminar slide that imposed the Nazi swastika on the Israeli flag.

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High Court to hear challenge to landmark ruling on casual workers’ rights
Adero Law 2020-11-26 1:39 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The High Court has granted special leave to labour hire company WorkPac to challenge a Full Court judgment that granted entitlements to casual workers with regular shifts.

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