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Microsoft comes up short in IP retrial after ‘regrettable’ $2.8M judgment
Andrew Fox 2022-10-05 6:30 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has dismissed the majority of Microsoft’s six-year-old intellectual property suit against a Melbourne computer retailer over its Windows 7 software, which previously netted the Silicon Valley giant a $2.8 million payout from Judge Sandy Street that was slammed as a “regrettable” judicial failure.

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ANZ denies firing ex-money markets head over sexual harassment, APRA reporting complaints
ANZ 2022-10-05 3:43 pm By Sam Matthews

The Australian and New Zealand Banking Group has hit back at allegations by its former head of money markets that he was sacked for making complaints about sexual harassment by senior managers at the bank and false reporting to the prudential regulator.

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Aldi could owe $10M for failing to compensate workers for ‘pre-work’
Consumer Goods 2022-10-05 1:57 pm By Sam Matthews

The Shop, Distributive & Allied Employees’ Association has struck a blow for Aldi warehouse workers, with a judge ordering the supermarket giant to backpay its workers for unpaid pre-work duties undertaken since 2018.

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ASIC takes Harvey Norman to court over ‘no deposit, interest free’ ads
ASIC 2022-10-05 12:04 pm By Sam Matthews

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has brought action against Harvey Norman over allegedly misleading ads about its interest-free finance.

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University of Melbourne admits manager called academic ‘self-entitled Y-genner’
Ashurst 2022-10-04 4:31 pm By Sam Matthews

The University of Melbourne has hit back at the Fair Work Ombudsman’s allegations that it took adverse action against two casual academics to prevent them from claiming payment for extra hours worked, but admitted a supervisor penned an email referring to one of them as a “self-entitled Y-genner”.

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Foxtel loses six-year battle with Cognizant unit over digital download patent
Entertainment 2022-10-04 4:31 pm By Sam Matthews

Cable TV giant Foxtel has lost a protracted IP battle with subsidiary of global tech giant Cognizant over a digital download patent for a modern DVR system.

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Judge declasses Wilson Security class action over objections from group members
Class Actions 2022-10-04 3:32 pm By Sam Matthews

Despite objections from numerous group members, a judge has tossed an underpayments class action brought by a self-represented applicant against Wilson Security, ruling that class actions should not be run without lawyers.

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Crown wants contradictor to fight class action’s GCO application
Allens 2022-10-04 3:31 pm By Sam Matthews

Crown Resorts has asked the court to appoint a contradictor to fight against a group costs order sought in shareholder class action accusing the casino giant of lax anti-money laundering compliance over a six-year period.

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‘Blood out of a stone’: Class action settlement no big pay day for IPO Wealth investors
Class Actions 2022-10-04 2:22 pm By Sam Matthews

Investors in Mayfair Group’s collapsed IPO Wealth Fund are set to recoup only a fraction of their alleged $67 million losses in a best-case settlement of a class action alleging the fund’s trustee misled unit holders.

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Grant Thornton, Moore Stephens sued over Linchpin audits
Accounting 2022-09-30 6:04 pm By Sam Matthews

Embattled investment firm Linchpin Capital has sued auditors Grant Thornton and Moore Stephens for signing off on the compliance plan for a registered fund that allegedly used investor money to advance the company’s business interests and line its directors’ pockets.

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