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Worley budget adjustments were ‘drop in the ocean’, Full Court hears in class action appeal
ACA Lawyers 2021-08-17 10:19 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Worley’s increases to a budget behind an allegedly misleading 2014 earning guidance, amounting to $1.14 million, were a “drop in the ocean”, the Full Court has heard as shareholders seek to revive a failed class action against the engineering company.

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Shareholders looking to revive class action say Worley pursued ‘growth stock’ ambitions over accuracy
ACA Lawyers 2021-08-16 9:09 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Worley crafted the budget behind an allegedly misleading 2014 earnings guidance so that its shares could be rated as a “growth stock”, the Full Court has heard as shareholders seek to revive a failed class action against the engineering company.

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High Court won’t hear Auctus appeal over $2.3M R&D tax refund mistake
Alain Musikanth 2021-08-16 10:58 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Auctus Resources will not be able to hang on to a $2.3 million R&D tax offset refund which the Full Court found was paid by mistake, after the High Court turned down its special leave application.

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‘Serious breach of trust’: ACCC wins appeal in Google ads case against Employsure
ACCC 2021-08-13 4:43 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has won a challenge to a ruling that tossed its case against specialist workplace relations company Employsure, with an appeals court finding the regulator was right that the company had misled small businesses into signing long term contracts via Google ads that appeared to be government affiliated.

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Aristocrat judge got it right in patent analysis for computer-implemented inventions, Full Court told
Angus Lang 2021-08-11 9:32 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The right approach to determining patentability of a computer-implemented invention is to first assess whether it is more than a mere scheme or business method, the Full Federal Court has been told in an appeal of a ruling backing IP Australia’s revocation of two patents by plumbing company Repipe.

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Court tosses lawyer’s claim for greater damages in ‘Centrelink cheat’ case against Seven
Appeals 2021-08-11 6:22 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

An Adelaide lawyer who won a long-running defamation battle over a Today Tonight story that described her as a “Centrelink cheat” has lost her bid for a bigger payout after a court found there was no misapprehension of fact or law in its determination of damages.

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Apple asks High Court to undo ‘radical’ Epic Games decision
ACCC 2021-08-10 3:10 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The Full Federal Court took a “radical” and unorthodox approach with far-reaching consequences by keeping Apple’s competition dispute with Fortnite game maker Epic Games in Australia, the Silicon Valley giant has told the High Court.

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Energy Beverages files ‘Mother’ of an appeal against trade mark decision
Appeals 2021-08-09 10:29 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

A high-energy trade mark dispute has gone to the Federal Court after the maker of Mother energy drinks lost its bid before IP Australia to prevent a Victoria-based company from registering Kangaroo Mother as a trade mark for beverages.

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TechnologyOne wins challenge to $5.2M judgment in exec’s unfair dismissal case
Appeals 2021-08-05 9:29 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Australian software company TechnologyOne has succeeded in its challenge to a $5.2 million judgment in an unfair dismissal case by a former high ranking executive, with an appeals court sending the matter back for a retrial.

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High Court deals crushing defeat to casual workers
Adero Law 2021-08-04 10:51 am By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The High Court has found casual employees who work regular shifts are not entitled to paid annual, personal and compassionate leave under the Fair Work Act, putting the fate of seven class actions by casual miners in question.

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