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Google tells court consumer law doesn’t help users who don’t help themselves
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-11-29 9:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Google has hit back at the ACCC’s case accusing it of misleading users about a change to its privacy policy, saying laws against misleading and deceptive conduct do not apply to those who did not read the notification about the change.

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Slater & Gordon’s former boss admits to ‘catastrophic error’
Accounting 2021-11-26 9:30 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Former Slater & Gordon managing director Andrew Grech has told the Federal Court he regretted his “catastrophic error” in approving the $1.2 billion acquisition of Quindell’s professional services division, which resulted in massive losses for the plaintiffs law firm.

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Arnold Bloch Leibler to pay $28M in class action settlement
Accounting 2021-11-26 6:51 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Law firm Arnold Bloch Leibler will part with $28 million in its settlement with Slater & Gordon shareholders over advice ahead of the plaintiffs firm’s disastrous $1.2 billion Quindell acquisition.

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Acciona sues to cancel Kwinana renewable energy plant contract due to COVID-19
Construction 2021-11-25 2:20 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Spanish infrastructure company Acciona has filed a lawsuit to get out of an engineering and construction contract for the $696 million Kwinana waste-to-energy plant in Western Australia, citing disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Caterpillar resolves case against former employee accused of taking confidential files
Contracts 2021-11-23 4:07 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

Construction equipment giant Caterpillar has resolved its dispute with a former employee accused of flagrantly copying “many thousands” of confidential files before taking a job with a competitor.

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Banksia class action barristers declare bankruptcy after $21.7M judgment
Andrew Palmer 2021-11-19 9:39 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Two former barristers ordered to pay at least $21.7 million in damages and costs for their role in a fraudulent scheme to pocket a windfall from the Banksia Securities class action have filed for bankruptcy.

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EY was ‘uncooperative’ during Slater & Gordon audit, court hears
Andrew Roe 2021-11-18 8:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A former partner at accounting firm Pitcher Partners has told a court that he had issues working with Ernst & Young on an audit of law firm Slater & Gordon, calling the Big 4 firm “uncooperative”.

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Ex-Pitcher Partners boss agrees Slater & Gordon audit went ‘off the rails’
Andrew Roe 2021-11-17 8:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A former partner at accounting firm Pitcher Partners has testified during a shareholder class action trial that he should have questioned statements about the viability of Slater & Gordon’s $1.2 billion Quindell acquisition, but ran out of time because its audit of the firm went “off the rails”.

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In rare shareholder class action trial, Slater & Gordon investor takes stand
Andrew Roe 2021-11-15 8:27 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The lead applicant in a shareholder class action over Slater & Gordon’s disastrous $1.2 billion Quindell acquisition has said he might have “dumped” his stock before the firm experienced massive losses in 2016 if not for Pitcher Partners and Ernst & Young’s allegedly faulty advice.

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Corrs Chambers lures two industrial relations pros from Herbert Smith Freehills
Business of Law 2021-11-15 2:05 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

Corrs Chambers Westgarth has nabbed two prominent industrial relations professionals with nearly fifty years combined experience from Herbert Smith Freehills to expand its employment and labour group.

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