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Ashurst recruits financial regulation heavyweight from Clayton Utz
Ashurst 2022-01-31 7:17 pm By Sam Matthews

Ashurst has bolstered the ranks of its financial regulation team with the appointment of long-serving Clayton Utz partner Narelle Smythe, who joins the firm’s team in Sydney.

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‘An overreach’: Constitutional challenge filed against controversial EV tax
Automotive 2021-09-17 9:29 pm By Sam Matthews

An action before the High Court by two Melbourne drivers will challenge the constitutional validity of Victoria’s electric vehicle tax.

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Lawyers on notice as watchdog launches anonymous harassment reporting tool
Business of Law 2021-09-16 3:33 pm By Sam Matthews

An online tool launched Thursday by the Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner enables targets and witnesses of sexual harassment to anonymously report incidents to the Sexual Harassment Complaints handling team.

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Lawyer, directors of failed property group Members Alliance face 72 charges
ASIC 2021-09-10 10:55 pm By Sam Matthews

An award-winning Gold Coast solicitor and four directors of the Members Alliance and Benchmark group of companies have been charged in connection with the collapse of the property investment group in 2016.

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Monster Energy takes PepsiCo to court over ‘Monster Munch’ trade mark
Allens 2021-09-07 11:48 am By Sam Matthews

Monster Energy has instituted court proceedings against PepsiCo after failing to block the beverage giant from registering the ‘Monster Munch’ trade mark for the iconic British kids corn snack in Australia.

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Hall & Wilcox recruits insurance partner from Herbert Smith Freehills
Business of Law 2021-09-02 5:44 pm By Sam Matthews

Hall & Wilcox has expanded its corporate insurance, commercial and regulatory offering with the appointment of new partner Philip Hopley, formerly of Herbert Smith Freehills.

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Funeral operator fined by ACCC for misleading ‘estate’ fees
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-09-02 1:51 pm By Sam Matthews

Funeral operator Alex Gow Funerals has paid a penalty of $13,320 for allegedly making false and misleading representations about fees, conduct the ACCC said Thursday was emblematic of widespread problems in the industry.

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‘We need a mindset change’: ACCC pushes for merger reform to stop ‘killer’ acquisitions
ACCC 2021-08-27 10:33 pm By Sam Matthews

ACCC chair Rod Sims has mooted a raft of reforms to Australia’s merger and acquisitions regime, which he said Friday was ‘skewed towards clearance’.

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ASIC ditches ‘why not litigate’ stance as government prioritises economy
Article 2021-08-26 10:32 pm By Sam Matthews

Just three years after adopting its ‘why not litigate’ approach in response to a lashing by the Hayne royal commission, the corporate regulator has abandoned the tough enforcement stance as the Morrison government focuses on economic recovery from COVID-19.

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Credit Union worker who used company card for coffee not unfairly sacked, FWC says
Employment 2021-08-20 4:22 pm By Sam Matthews

A Credit Union Australia worker, who was fired for ringing up $100 in personal coffee orders on the company’s tab, has lost her bid to appeal a Fair Work Commission decision that she wasn’t unfairly dismissed.

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