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Private business club CUB accuses manager of stealing member info to launch rival
Employment 2022-03-24 10:33 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

The Club of United Business — a private members club catering to entrepreneurs — has sued a former membership manager who allegedly used confidential information about clients in order to set up a competing professional networking business.

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Epic Games resists bid to delay Apple trial while Google catches up
Apple 2022-03-24 6:55 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Epic Games has argued in favour of steaming ahead with a trial in its competition case against Apple while its parallel case against Google remains in the embryonic stage, but the tech giants say Google’s litigation should catch up in the hopes that the court can hear a joint trial or hold contemporaneous hearings.

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Union planning to upsize rest break cases against McDonald’s
Alex Manos 2022-03-23 10:37 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

The Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association has flagged its intent to bring further cases against various McDonald’s franchisees, alongside eleven claims it has brought to date over alleged failures to give workers paid 10-minute breaks.

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Google should pay aggravated damages for video ‘abuse’ of Barilaro’s lawyers, court hears
Ashurst 2022-03-22 9:17 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Counsel for John Barilaro on Tuesday detailed the online abuse his lawyers faced in acting in a defamation suit over videos posted by commentator Jordan Shanks, as the court heard YouTube owner Google has abandoned its last line of defence in the case.

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Barilaro considered self-harm over ‘vile’ smear campaign aided by Google, trial told
Ashurst 2022-03-21 9:37 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Former deputy premier of NSW John Barilaro considered “harming himself” after videos were posted by YouTuber Jordan Shanks as part of a “vile and particularly racist smear campaign” facilitated by Google, a court has heard.

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Australia second to US for climate-related litigation, report finds
ASIC 2022-03-18 7:11 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Australia ranks second in the world for climate-related lawsuits, and the threat of climate litigation looms larger than ever for Australian companies across all sectors, a new report has found.

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Ousted MinterEllison boss appointed CEO of Victorian gaming authority
Business of Law 2022-03-17 10:33 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

The Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission has appointed former MinterEllison managing partner Annette Kimmitt as CEO after an “extensive” recruitment process, a year to the month after she was shown the door at the Big 6 firm for her controversial staff emails about a partner’s work for then Attorney-General Christian Porter. 

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ASIC claims another scalp in ongoing BigUn investigation
Accounting 2022-03-17 5:50 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A former auditor of collapsed video company BigUn has had his company auditor registration suspended for a year following an application by the corporate regulator over a conflict of interest. 

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‘This is nuts’: Judge torpedoes notice in Tyro class action while fight over group definition plays out
Bannister Law 2022-03-17 3:32 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Calling it the “elephant in the room”, a judge overseeing a class action against Tyro over a major EFTPOS outage last year has said a dispute over who is eligible to join the case needs to be hashed out before retailers are notified of the proceedings.

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Honda hit with lawsuit over abandoned dealership model
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-03-16 7:02 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Honda Australia has been hit with a lawsuit by three former dealers over its decision to abandon a dealership model in Australia, the latest car maker to face litigation by car dealers.

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