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IP boutique claims doc destruction in client poaching case
Barry Nilsson Lawyers 2022-06-07 2:57 pm By Sam Matthews

An IP boutique in a lawsuit against two former lawyers who left to launch a rival firm has alleged documents it sought from the pair had been destroyed or deleted.

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Class action wants BSA to double first payment under $20M settlement
Class Actions 2022-06-07 2:33 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Technicians bringing a class action against BSA have argued it should double its first settlement payment using money raised in its 2022 prospectus after the telco contractor filed an “urgent” bid to ringfence capital raisings from the $20 million payout.

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Solicitor’s defamation case against Victoria’s State Revenue Office revived
Chief Justice James Allsop 2022-06-06 6:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A former solicitor at the Victorian state revenue office who was dismissed after alleged sexual harassment and “scandalous staring” has won his appeal in a defamation case against the Victorian government, with the case being sent to a judge for trial.

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Nuix says ex-CEO’s claim off by $140M, but Macquarie director must front court to explain
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-06-06 4:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A former Nuix director appointed by Macquarie Bank must give evidence in person as the embattled tech company argues a claim brought by its former CEO is off by $140 million.

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Claims against Macquarie Leasing dropped in ANZ flex commissions class action
ANZ 2022-06-06 12:26 pm By Sam Matthews

Macquarie Leasing has been let off the hook in a class action alleging that a flex commissions scheme by ANZ’s former car finance business encouraged dealers to set car loan rates far in excess of base rates in exchange for large kickbacks.

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Google must pay $715,000 to Barilaro over YouTube videos, may face contempt charge
Ashurst 2022-06-06 11:27 am By Sam Matthews

A judge has ordered that Google pay $715,000 to former deputy premier of NSW John Barilaro over a “relentless, racist, vilificatory, abusive and defamatory campaign” by YouTube commentator Jordan Shanks that the tech giant “did nothing” to stop.

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Judge refuses to toss infringement claims over mining tool patents
Andrew Fox 2022-06-03 9:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne

WA manufacturer Rock Tool Refurbishment Solutions has lost its bid to throw out patent infringement claims by global mining equipment company CME, with a judge saying he was not satisfied the allegations had no reasonable prospects of success.

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Property developer Sasha Hopkins to face ASIC grilling
ASIC 2022-06-03 5:13 pm By Sam Matthews

Embattled property developer Sasha Hopkins will face a compulsory examination by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission over the activities of his company A Team Property Group.

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‘Complicated and difficult’: Court grapples with crowdfunding in Dutton defamation appeal
Baker McKenzie 2022-06-03 4:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has questioned how the court will award costs in refugee activist Shane Bazzi’s successful appeal against coalition leader Peter Dutton, saying crowdfunding for the activist’s legal costs made the issue “complicated and difficult”.

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Qantas takes fight over axing of ground staff to High Court
Appeals 2022-06-02 11:23 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Qantas has asked the High Court to reverse a judgment that found it violated the Fair Work Act by axing 1,800 ground staff partly to prevent them from bringing industrial action.

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