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Facebook, Google take aim at cryptocurrency ad class action
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-09-23 3:00 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Facebook and Google have flagged their intention to seek a stay or declassing order in a class action over a 2018 ban on cryptocurrency ads.

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Account manager accuses Cisco of sexual harassment, discrimination
Employment 2022-09-15 10:35 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

IT company Cisco has been hit with a suit by an account manager who alleges she faced sexual harassment and discrimination at the hands of a veteran employee whose behaviour was “well known” to senior management.

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‘Don’t be so sensitive’: ISG partner says she was bullied, harassed by male colleagues
Employment 2022-09-14 11:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The only female partner at global technology research firm Information Services Group has sued her employer for alleged sex discrimination and harassment, saying the company is a “hostile environment” for senior women employees.

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Apple hit with suit over App Store takedown
Apple 2022-09-12 1:34 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Apple has been sued by a microneedling pen company that alleges it suffered loss when the tech giant removing its app from the App Store based on bogus claims of trade mark infringement.

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Meta can’t keep ACCC case over scam crypto ads under wraps
ACCC 2022-09-09 12:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Facebook-owner Meta has lost its bid for broad non-publication orders in its battle with the ACCC over material it says could prejudice jury members in criminal proceedings by mining magnate Andrew Forrest. 

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Dye & Durham wins ACCC blessing for $2.9B Link acquisition
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-09-08 11:20 pm By Christine Caulfield

Software company Dye & Durham has secured the approval of the competition regulator for its proposed acquisition of technology services provider Link Group under the condition it sell its Australian business.

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Google wins opposition to FitBet trade mark
Google 2022-09-07 10:21 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Google has succeeded in blocking a fitness app from registering ‘FitBet’ as a trade mark, with a a Trade Marks Office delegate finding the mark was deceptively similar to the Silicon Valley company’s marks for its popular FitBit wearable devices.

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Fuji Xerox, EY settle suit over $450M accounting scandal
Accounting 2022-09-01 11:44 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Fuji Xerox and Ernst & Young have settled a lawsuit over $450 million in alleged accounting irregularities that also ensnared an EY partner and two senior Fuji executives.

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iSignthis auditor Grant Thornton hit with criminal charges
Accounting 2022-09-01 11:23 pm By Sam Matthews

Grant Thornton and former director Bradley Taylor appeared in court Thursday, facing charges of failing to ensure the 2018 audit of fintech firm iSignthis was conducted in accordance with auditing standards.

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Law firms’ agency agreement prevails over ‘opaque’ funding in Nuix class action battle
Banton Group 2022-08-23 11:04 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Law firms Shine Lawyers and Phi Finney McDonald have won a contest to jointly run a class action against embattled tech company Nuix, with rival Banton Group losing out on its “opaque” funding agreement.

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