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Cryptocurrency class action faces knockout bid
Class Actions 2022-03-14 11:38 am By Sam Matthews Melbourne

The issuer of Gold Coast-based cryptocurrency Qoin has asked a court to throw out a class action alleging breaches of the ASIC Act and Australian Consumer Law in relation to the issue of the utility coin. 

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Seven in talks to settle fight with broadcaster over 7HD trade mark
Ed Heerey 2022-03-14 11:15 am By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Seven Network is in negotiations with Bangkok Broadcasting to resolve their spat over the Thai broadcaster’s proposed 7HD trade mark, which was found to be deceptively similar to Seven’s mark.

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Mars keeps MM mark away from chocolate in trade mark settlement
Baker McKenzie 2022-03-14 11:08 am By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judge has signed off on a settlement in a trade mark spat between M&M candy maker Mars and the world’s largest macadamia grower, Macquis Macadamias, under which Marquis will no longer seek to register its MM mark for chocolate bars.

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TerraCom can’t keep PwC report from ASIC investigators
Accounting 2022-03-11 10:14 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Mining company TerraCom has lost a case seeking to shield a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, which is investigating claims current and former executives falsified coal quality results.

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Feminist writer Clementine Ford sues Fairfax, executive editor for defamation
Company Giles 2022-03-11 9:33 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Writer Clementine Ford is suing Fairfax Media and Tory Maguire, executive editor of The Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers, over a statement Maguire made referring to “vile and personal attacks” by Ford on journalists and editors at the mastheads, where she was previously a columnist.

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Flying Eureka Flag at construction sites banned under building code, court finds
ABCC 2022-03-11 9:24 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A court has found that flying flags associated with the Eureka Rebellion or displaying material bearing union mottos and indicia at construction sites contravenes the Building Code.

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‘An absolute nightmare’: Social media surgeon Daniel Lanzer hit with class action over ‘horrific’ procedures
Class Actions 2022-03-11 4:53 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Sydney-based plastic surgeon Daniel Lanzer and four of his associates have been hit with a class action lawsuit on behalf of patients who allegedly suffered “horrific” consequences from surgeries performed at Lanzer’s clinic.

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Lloyd’s scores win in COVID-19 business interruption insurance case
Clayton Utz 2022-03-11 3:14 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Lloyd’s has scored a win in a COVID-19 business interruption case, with a judge ruling the insurer can rely on a conformity clause in its insurance contract with a Snap Fitness franchisee to deny coverage.

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Worley shareholders win appeals court battle to revive class action
Alexander Edwards 2022-03-11 2:34 pm By Christine Caulfield

An appeals court has sided with shareholders in their challenge to a ruling tossing a class action against engineering services company Worley, which was found to have had reasonable grounds for issuing overly rosy earnings guidance eight years ago.

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Insurer denies policy covered ‘excessive’ $3.7M Moray & Agnew settlement
Chief Justice James Allsop 2022-03-11 1:32 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A Lloyd’s syndicate has hit back at a lawsuit by Moray & Agnew, saying it did not have to cover part of a $3.7 million settlement between the law firm and a Melbourne property developer because the amount agreed to was “excessive”.

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