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‘From bad to worse’: Lawsuit accuses Aldi of refusing to pay for pre-work duties
Employment 2020-09-29 3:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A union representing retail employees has taken discount supermarket chain Aldi to court for allegedly refusing to pay employees at one of its distribution centres for pre-shift work, saying Aldi had gone “from bad to worse” after also denying workers a pay rise.

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Facebook tries again to dodge privacy lawsuit in Australia
Clarissa Amato 2020-09-29 1:04 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Facebook will press on with its argument that it can’t be sued in Australia by the country’s privacy commissioner for alleged disclosure of users’ personal data, after a judge found there was enough evidence the social media giant conducted business in the country by installing and operating cookies on the devices of Australia users.

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White & Case lures partner from Herbert Smith Freehills tax firm
Business of Law 2020-09-29 12:08 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

US white shoe firm White & Case has snagged a leading tax partner from Herbert Smith Freehills’ tax firm to bolster its growing team in Australia.

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Ardent Leisure hit with $3.6M fine over Dreamworld deaths
Employment 2020-09-28 10:19 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A judge has fined Ardent Leisure $3.6 million after the operator of the Dreamworld theme park pleaded guilty to three charges stemming from the 2016 deaths of four people on the park’s now demolished Thunder River Rapids ride.

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Herbert Smith Freehills underpaid some lawyers more than $20,000
Ashurst 2020-09-25 10:11 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Herbert Smith Freehills has discovered it underpaid a number of its graduate lawyers, with some in the Big Six firm’s graduate ranks owed more than $20,000.

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Erin Molan says Daily Mail defamed her with story on ‘hooka looka mooka’ remark
Article 2020-09-25 6:34 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Sports presenter Erin Molan has fired off a defamation lawsuit over the Daily Mail’s coverage of a remark she made during Nine’s Continuous Call radio program which she claims implied she was a racist who deliberately mocked the names of Pacific Islanders on air.

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‘Strained and fanciful’: Court tosses Telstra suit over Optus’ ‘more than ever before’ ads
Andrew Barraclough 2020-09-25 1:52 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Telstra has suffered a defeat in its lawsuit accusing competitor Singtel Optus of violating consumer laws with ads claiming it is “covering more of Australia than ever before”, with a judge calling Telstra’s allegations that the ads implied a comparison with other telcos “strained and fanciful”.

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Government rolls back responsible lending laws at centre of failed Westpac case
ASIC 2020-09-25 1:15 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Morrison Government will ease responsible lending laws requiring banks to verify information from credit-seeking consumers, after the corporate regulator’s failed “wagyu and shiraz” case attacking Westpac’s lending practices.

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Judge again rejects priority application in Crown Resorts class action
Chief Justice James Allsop 2020-09-23 2:48 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A judge has denied a request to grant priority status to a shareholder class action against Crown Resorts that would have allowed the Melbourne-based legal team running the case to access childcare and leave their homes for work while the state of Victoria remains in lockdown.

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Government extends rule shielding companies, directors from COVID-19 class actions
Class Actions 2020-09-23 11:03 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The Morrison Government has extended a temporary change to the continuous disclosure rules to give companies more wriggle room in updating shareholders during the coronavirus pandemic by six months, saying the change had allowed shareholders to remain informed while preventing “opportunistic class actions”.

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