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Tesla Australia director gets suspended sentence for insider trading
Article 2023-03-21 8:22 am By Christine Caulfield

Tesla Motors Australia former director Kurt Schlosser has been given a suspended sentence for trading in shares of a lithium supplier based on insider information.

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High Court to hear class action waiver challenge in Ruby Princess case
Amy Reid 2023-03-17 4:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court has granted leave to the applicant in a class action against Carnival PLC to appeal a ruling that upheld a class action waiver in tickets bought by foreign passengers on the ill-fated Ruby Princess in 2020.

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Settlement in Gunns class action against KPMG, directors wins court OK
Agriculture 2023-03-15 4:29 pm By Christine Caulfield Sydney

A judge has approved a confidential settlement in a class action against KPMG and nine former Gunns Plantations directors over the failure of six managed investment schemes for eucalyptus wood in Tasmania.

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Trade mark reputation not relevant in deceptive similarity cases, High Court rules
Angus Lang 2023-03-15 3:08 pm By Christine Caulfield

The reputation of a registered trade mark and its owner is not relevant in assessing the deceptive similarity of a challenged mark, the High Court has found, clarifying the test for infringement under a section of the Trade Marks Act.

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Landmark concussion class action filed by former AFL players
Class Actions 2023-03-14 11:00 pm By Christine Caulfield

A ground-breaking class action has been filed in Victoria against the AFL seeking compensation for former players who sustained concussion-related injuries during games.

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Shareholder class action targets Fletcher Building for ‘misleading’ FY17 forecasts
Alexander Edwards 2023-03-14 5:04 pm By Christine Caulfield

Shareholders have brought a class action in Australia against New Zealand-based Fletcher Building, alleging the company failed to disclose material information relating to its construction division.

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TikTok loses trade mark battle with mortgage tech startup Tic:Toc
Baker McKenzie 2023-03-09 11:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

The owner of Chinese social media giant TikTok has lost its challenge to the registration of a trade mark for home loan tech startup Tic:Toc.

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Court warns of ‘dangers’ of defamation suits, awards Google reviewer indemnity costs
Defamation 2023-03-09 11:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge who tossed a house painter’s case over a one-star Google review has awarded partial indemnity costs to the critic and said her order should serve as a lesson about the “catastrophic” costs of defamation cases.

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Under model for Human Rights Act, complainants would get their day in court
Courts 2023-03-08 11:30 pm By Christine Caulfield

A federal Human Rights Act would allow complainants to take their cases to federal court if conciliation failed to resolve their claims, under a proposed model of the law unveiled Wednesday.

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Animal drug giant Zoetis pursues barristers, solicitor for $3.8M in class action costs
Christopher Barry 2023-03-07 11:37 pm By Christine Caulfield

Pet and livestock drug company Zoetis, which prevailed in its defence to a class action over horse vaccine Equivac, is going after the legal team that ran the unfunded case, seeking orders that the lawyers pay a big portion of its $3.8 million legal bill.

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