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New competition class actions in the works against Apple, Google
Allens 2022-07-22 9:10 pm By Sam Matthews

Another law firm is planning competition class actions against Apple and Google over their app stores, just over a month after Phi Finney McDonald filed group proceedings against the tech giants, setting up a beauty parade that adds a wrinkle to similar cases brought by Epic Games.

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Class action filed over strip searches at NSW music festivals
Class Actions 2022-07-22 12:16 pm By Christine Caulfield

The state of NSW faces a class action over police strip searches at music festivals that is calling for aggravated and exemplary damages for the “invasive and unlawful” treatment of hundreds of festivalgoers.

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Crown Sydney gets go-ahead to resume NSW gaming operations
Crown Resorts 2022-06-22 3:11 pm By Sam Matthews

Crown Casino has been given conditional approval to reopen gaming operations in Sydney following its takeover by private equity firm Blackstone.

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Ex-Sydney Symphony CEO denies sending ‘hit job’ media release
Andrew Gotting 2022-06-20 10:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Former Sydney Symphony CEO Emma Dunch has struck back at the orchestra’s argument that she can’t claim she was terminated for investigating claims of sexual harassment after telling the media she was the victim of a politically motivated “hit job” for seeking funding from the NSW government.

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The show must not go on: Craig McLachlan drops defamation case
ABC 2022-05-20 6:13 pm By Sam Matthews

Actor Craig McLachlan has dropped his defamation suit against the ABC, Fairfax and actress Christie Whelan Browne mid-trial just as the defence was due to start its case.

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Eleven women to testify they were harassed by actor Craig McLachlan
ABC 2022-05-10 9:30 pm By Sam Matthews

Eleven women will give evidence of sexually inappropriate behaviour by actor Craig McLachlan in his defamation case against Rocky Horror Show co-star Christie Whelan Browne and publishers ABC and Fairfax, including one actress who worked with him on the set of Neighbours in the late 1980s. 

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Showbiz ‘different to other workplaces’, Craig McLachlan’s lawyer tells court
ABC 2022-05-09 9:41 pm By Sam Matthews

A parade of actors are expected to take the stand and testify against Craig McLachlan at a trial that kicked off Monday in his defamation case against Rocky Horror Show co-star Christie Whelan Browne and publishers ABC and Fairfax.

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Judge overseeing fraud trial of former Guy Sebastian manager dies
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-05-09 1:53 pm By Christine Caulfield

The NSW District Court judge presiding over the criminal trial of Guy Sebastian’s former manager, Titus Day, has died suddenly.

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Sydney Symphony CEO sues over dismissal following sexual harassment probe
Employment 2022-04-11 1:32 pm By Miklos Bolza

Sydney Symphony has been taken to court by its former CEO who claims she was dismissed late last year after investigating multiple claims of sexual harassment by the orchestra’s musicians.

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Lawyers the only winners in Guvera class action settlement, judge says
Bounty Law 2022-04-08 5:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has approved a $155,000 settlement in a class action on behalf of investors in failed streaming platform Guvera which racked up $500,000 in legal fees, saying the case should never have been filed as a class action and didn’t advance group members’ interests “one iota”.

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