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Uber appeals ‘overbroad’ ruling in fight over privileged documents
Alexia Staker 2022-07-18 5:03 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Uber is challenging a ruling that found many email exchanges with its lawyers were made in furtherance of offences and were not protected by legal professional privilege, saying it would be forced to hand over to a class action “bog standard” legal advice.

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ClearLoans settles ASIC’s first COVID-19 case against lender
Andrew Harding 2022-07-18 4:35 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The sole director of personal lender ClearLoans has agreed to settle the first case the Australian Securities and Investments Commission brought related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Nuix slams class action carriage agreement as ‘anti-competitive’
Banton Group 2022-07-18 4:18 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Shine and Phi Finney McDonald’s fallback plan to cooperatively run a class action against Nuix has come under fire, with the technology company urging the court to make the two firms compete against one another for sole carriage.

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Kahlbetzer family wins $30,000 lawsuit against sacked investment manager
Employment 2022-07-18 11:48 am By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A court has ordered a consultant at Kahlbetzer family investment vehicle Twynam Investments to pay a $30,000 judgment for allegedly breaching confidentiality obligations in her contract. 

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Wrong plaintiff, wrong defendant: Payton Securities unit loses professional negligence case
Julia Nikolic 2022-07-15 11:58 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Investment manager Payton Securities has lost a bid to recoup claimed losses over $1.4 million stemming from an allegedly negligent property valuation by Bertacco Ferrier, with a judge finding that the company had not retained the valuer and was not a party to the valuation.

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Seven files ‘urgent’ lawsuit over Commonwealth Games software
Contracts 2022-07-15 10:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Broadcaster Seven has filed court proceedings against a production firm it partners with to broadcast the Olympic Games for allegedly refusing to hand over software it needs for the upcoming Commonwealth Games.

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Class action wants admissions after Albanese declares ‘climate emergency’
Alicia Lyons 2022-07-15 2:59 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The lead applicants in a climate change class action by Torres Strait Islanders are hoping the Commonwealth will admit climate change targets set by the Morrison government were “woefully inadequate”, a court heard Friday. 

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Booktopia agrees on penalty in ACCC case over ‘misleading’ refund policy
ACCC 2022-07-15 1:43 pm By Christine Caulfield

Booktopia has resolved a case by the consumer regulator alleging the online book retailer’s policy that required customers to request a refund within two business days of purchase was misleading.

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Dentons recruits Holding Redlich construction expert ahead of Olympics
Business of Law 2022-07-15 12:59 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Dentons has picked up a partner from Holding Redlich to bolster its construction practice ahead of the 2032 Olympic Games in Brisbane.

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Bayer wants to amend Xarelto patent at centre of Sandoz’s invalidity claim
Ashurst 2022-07-15 11:37 am By Christine Caulfield

German pharmaceutical giant Bayer, which is facing a legal bid by generic drug maker Sandoz to invalidate patents covering blood clot drug Xarelto, is seeking to amend one of the patents in dispute.

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