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$2M lawsuit against UNSW puts spotlight on whether tenured professors can be sacked
ACCC 2021-08-12 3:06 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

A former tenured professor is seeking $2 million from the University of New South Wales, alleging she was terminated after making complaints about discrimination, bullying and misuse of her intellectual property.

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Manuka honey group in NZ loses fight against ‘Australian Manuka’ trade mark
Corrs Chambers Westgarth 2021-08-05 12:26 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A New Zealand-based association representing manuka honey beekeepers has lost its opposition to an application for the ‘Australian Manuka’ trade mark by a Byron Bay honey producer, with IP Australia finding the word ‘manuka’ did not specifically refer to honey made in NZ.

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Businesses urged to check employment contracts after landmark High Court ruling
Ashurst 2021-08-04 5:33 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Australian businesses have been urged to double check that their casual work contracts reflect a “true casual engagement” and ensure workers are properly classified following a landmark High Court ruling on casual worker classification.

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Public housing lockdown class action to proceed after lawyer stripped of licence
Advocate Me 2021-08-03 3:53 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A class action over Melbourne’s public housing lockdown during its second COVID-19 wave in July last year will continue after the lawyer previously running the case was stripped of her practicing certificate.

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Linchpin liquidators get final chance to defend class action
ASIC 2021-07-23 2:14 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judge has given the liquidators of Linchpin Capital a final chance to defend a shareholder class action before judgment is made against the collapsed financial services group and one of its subsidiaries.

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Seven launches courtroom battle to save ‘7Now’ trade mark
Appeals 2021-07-23 1:58 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Seven Network has filed Federal Court proceedings after convenience store chain 7-Eleven succeeded in having its ‘7NOW’ trade mark removed for non-use.

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Google to try its hand at staying Epic Games competition suit after Apple fails
Anais d'Arville 2021-07-23 1:41 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Google is pressing forward with an application to stay Fortnite game maker Epic Games’ competition lawsuit over its Google Play store terms, despite the Full Court rejecting a similar move by Apple.

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Forum Group director stuck overseas after testing positive for COVID-19, court hears
Allens 2021-07-15 10:01 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The director of the Forum Group companies accused of a $360 million fraud involving at least three major banks can’t return to Australia from Greece because he has COVID-19, his lawyer has told the Federal Court.

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AkzoNobel hit with new lawsuit over $45B Ichthys LNG project
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-07-12 6:01 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Japanese oil company Inpex has sued Dutch paint manufacturer AkzoNobel for allegedly making misleading statements about an epoxy coating it supplied for use in the Ichthys Liquefied Natural Gas project in Bladin Point, Darwin.

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Banks can’t suppress judgment on defective indictment in ANZ cartel case
Allens 2021-07-12 1:05 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Investment banks accused in the criminal cartel case over a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement will not lose their right to a fair trial with the release of a judgment finding the prosecutors’ indictment deficient, a judge has ruled.

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