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Daily Mail says Erin Molan’s ‘egregious conduct’ warrants reversal of $150,000 damages award
Appeals 2023-03-02 11:20 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

The Daily Mail has argued that Nine sports presenter Erin Molan should be stripped of a $150,000 defamation damages award because of her history of “seriously egregious conduct” on 2GB’s Continuous Call Team radio show.

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Crown owns up to ‘serious and systemic’ breaches of money laundering laws
Allens 2023-03-01 5:29 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Casino giant Crown has admitted to a “significant number” of anti-money laundering and counter terrorism breaches in a case brought by AUSTRAC.

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Boost Mobile sues Optus for ‘flagrant’ trade mark infringement
Ed Heerey 2023-03-01 4:40 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Boost Mobile has sued telecommunications giant Singtel Optus, alleging it “misappropriated” its goodwill by marketing services under a similar product name after Boost chose to move its mobile network to Telstra.

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Question of power to make settlement CFOs sent back to Full Court
Ashurst 2023-02-28 4:27 pm By Christine Caulfield

The divisive issue of whether judges are empowered to make a common fund order to distribute the costs of a funding commission at the settlement stage of a class action is headed back to the Full Federal Court next week.

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Star accounts for $150M in likely penalties after ASIC ‘raises concerns’
ASIC 2023-02-28 11:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

The corporate regulator voiced concerns with Star Entertainment over its 2022 financial report, which it said made no provision for likely fines faced by the casino operator for lax compliance with money laundering laws.

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ASIC takes Noumi, top executives to court over 2019 financial reports
ASIC 2023-02-27 8:44 am By Christine Caulfield

The corporate watchdog has brought action against former Freedom Foods Group and its former CEO and CFO for alleged disclosure breaches relating to inventory values in its 2019 financial reports.

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Nine defeats strike-out bid in defamation suit over ‘internet trolls’ broadcast
Associate Justice Melissa Daly 2023-02-27 10:39 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Nine has defeated a bid to strike out its truth defences in a defamation case by a Melbourne hairdresser alleging a segment on ‘A Current Affair’ about ‘internet trolls’ and subsequent comments on the program’s Facebook page defamed her.

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Acciona accused of blocking access to $511M waste-to-energy plant
Acciona 2023-02-24 3:23 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Spanish infrastructure giant Acciona has been sued by the entity in charge of a $511 million waste-to-energy plant south of Perth, which says it was unlawfully shut out of the project site after “commercial issues” arose between them.

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Law firm shaves 0.5% off payout in second go at class action contingency fee
ANZ 2023-02-23 5:11 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Maurice Blackburn has had a second crack at a group costs order in three class actions against banks over alleged flexible commission schemes after a judge in 2021 rejected what was then the first-ever application for a contingency fee.

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Reporter details ‘sexist culture’ of Ten’s Canberra bureau
Corrs Chambers Westgarth 2023-02-23 11:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Journalist Tegan George has reworked her sex discrimination case against Network Ten, claiming the Canberra bureau had a culture that was “sexually hostile, demeaning and oppressive”.

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