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Partner won’t seek to resurrect Rio Tinto claims in Deloitte age discrimination case
Accounting 2020-12-15 2:30 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A partner bringing a $3.8 million age discrimination lawsuit against Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu will not seek to replead claims struck out earlier this month that the accounting giant made misrepresentations to Rio Tinto.

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Rio Tinto claims cut from Deloitte age discrimination lawsuit
Accounting 2020-12-04 10:46 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu has succeeded in striking out claims that it made misrepresentations to Rio Tinto when it appointed a partner nearing the mandatory retirement age to a five-year project with the mining giant.

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Deloitte attacks ‘farcical’ claims in partner’s age discrimination case
Accounting 2020-11-30 4:34 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu is seeking to strike out the misleading and deceptive conduct claims in a $4 million age discrimination lawsuit brought by a former partner, calling them “farcical” and “absurd”.

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Findex can’t enforce ‘convoluted’ restraint clauses against advisor who poached clients, court says
Accounting 2020-10-30 10:23 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Accounting firm Findex has lost an appeal of a court’s judgment tossing its case against a former financial advisor, despite the court finding he had poached the company’s clients and caused $742,000 in losses.

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Judge frowns on Allergan’s ‘Botox’ trade mark lawsuit
Angus Lang 2020-10-28 7:29 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Sydney

Botox maker Allergan has lost a lawsuit that accused an Australian cosmetics company that sells topical creams as an alternative to Botox injections of infringing its Botox trade mark.

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Carnival looks to axe overseas passenger claims in Ruby Princess class action
Bret Walker 2020-10-26 12:19 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A fight is brewing over whether US and UK passengers aboard the Ruby Princess should be part of a class action against cruise operators Carnival and Princess Cruise Lines over their handling of a deadly coronavirus outbreak on the ship that has been linked to at least 20 deaths.

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Game over for Monster Energy’s opposition to ‘Monster Strike’ trade mark
Andrew Fox 2020-10-19 9:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A judge has shot down Monster Energy’s opposition to Japanese software company Mixi registering the ‘Monster Strike’ trade mark in Australia for its popular video game of the same name, the second judge to find the energy drink maker’s standalone ‘Monster’ mark does not have a significant reputation in Australia.

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Deloitte wants to toss bulk of partner’s age discrimination, misleading conduct case
Accounting 2020-09-22 2:09 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu has asked a court to toss a majority of claims in a lawsuit brought by 63-year-old partner Colin Brown over the firm’s alleged discriminatory retirement policy that he claims has cost him almost $4 million.

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Judge warns funder against ‘double dipping’ in Ruby Princess class action
Class Actions 2020-09-09 2:06 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judge overseeing the Ruby Princess class action has cautioned funders against “double dipping” when seeking payouts from group members, while cruise line Carnival has attempted to shift part of the blame for the COVID-19 debacle onto the Prime Minister.

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Deloitte faces age discrimination case by 63-year-old partner
Accounting 2020-08-06 10:47 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A 63-year-old partner of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu is suing the accounting giant and CEO Richard Deutsch alleging the firm’s mandatory retirement policy is discriminatory and has cost him almost $4 million.

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