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Deliveroo defends against wage theft case, says rider admitted he was a contractor
Employment 2020-01-22 7:06 pm By Christine Caulfield Sydney

Online food delivery platform Deliveroo has defended its business model in a wage theft case brought by a former delivery rider, saying he acknowledged he was an independent contractor when he signed up.

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Crown wins challenge to ‘impermissible’ order letting jailed staff talk to class action firm
Appeals 2020-01-22 3:56 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Crown Resorts has successfully challenged a ruling allowing law firm Maurice Blackburn to communicate with 18 formerly jailed employees to gather evidence in its shareholder class action against the casino giant.

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NAB units face class action over ‘regrettable mismanagement’ of super accounts
APRA 2020-01-22 1:00 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Two National Australia Bank units have been hit with a class action alleging they violated their duties as superannuation trustees by allegedly failing to transfer members to funds with lower fees.

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Bupa takes regulator to court as it fights ACCC allegations it overcharged, misled residents
ACCC 2020-01-21 10:04 pm By Christine Caulfield Sydney

Bupa has launched court action to block a directive by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission as the aged care provider battles a separate case by the ACCC over payments allegedly charged to residents for services they did not receive.

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Glencore unit does not owe injured workers unlimited personal leave, court says
Ashurst 2020-01-21 4:09 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A subsidiary of mining giant Glencore has defeated a case brought by the CFMEU claiming it was obligated to pay unlimited amounts of personal leave to sick or injured employees.

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Ten says report on genital silicone injections not defamatory, in public interest
Adrian Anderson 2020-01-21 2:50 pm By Christine Caulfield Sydney

Defending a defamation case brought by the head of a group of gay ‘pups’, Network Ten has argued that a report about an Australian man who died from genital silicone injections was substantially true and in the public interest.

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Biosimilar drug makers settle IP spat over arthritis drug Humira
Clayton Utz 2020-01-21 2:21 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

German drug company Fresenius Kadi has resolved a patent case brought by Korean drug company Samsung Bioepis over a biosimilar of top selling arthritis drug Humira.

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Trivago misled hotel booking customers to boost income, court finds
ACCC 2020-01-21 11:48 am By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Hotel booking aggregator Trivago misled consumers about its cheapest price promise by arranging its listings according to payments it received instead of the actual hotel room price, a court has found.

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‘Worthless and unsaleable’: Accounting firm hit with class action over Guvera advice
Accounting 2020-01-20 2:07 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Shareholders of collapsed music streaming platform Guvera have filed a class action against an accounting firm seeking to recoup their losses for the firm’s alleged negligence in promoting an investment opportunity in the failed tech company.

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Common fund order in stolen wages class action survives High Court ruling
Andrew Crowe 2020-01-17 10:25 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A common fund order granting the litigation funder behind the stolen wages class action 20 per cent of a $190 million settlement remains in force after a High Court judgment that did away with such orders, a judge has found.

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