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RMS Engineering settles workers’ class action over meal breaks
Class Actions 2022-02-04 3:10 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Queensland-based RMS Engineering and Construction has settled a class action alleging it refused to give staff meal breaks and threatened those who complained about excessive hours.

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Nine can argue MP Andrew Laming a ‘creep’ in defamation defence
Banki Haddock Fiora 2022-02-04 10:38 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A judge has allowed Nine Network to claim that MP Andrew Laming is a ‘creep’ in its contextual truth defence to the Queensland politician’s defamation lawsuit over a news segment that accused him of taking a lewd photograph.

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Gilbert + Tobin nabs climate change ace from Baker McKenzie
Ashurst 2022-02-03 10:47 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A leading climate change lawyer at Baker McKenzie has made the jump to Gilbert + Tobin, less than a year after the US firm’s renewable energy practice lost its global co-head and two partners to another Big Six firm.

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IOOF unit fined $6M for financial adviser’s bad advice
Caroline Kenny 2022-02-03 6:26 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A judge has hit IOOF unit RI Advice with a $6 million penalty for failing to rein in an adviser who reaped hefty commissions for steering clients towards risky investments, despite earlier expressing concerns the penalty may not have enough sting.

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Money transfer business directors face jail in first criminal cartel sentencing of individuals
Abilene Singh 2022-02-03 1:47 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The directors of two money transfer businesses will be the first individuals to be sentenced for criminal cartel offences after pleading guilty Thursday to charges over the fixing of foreign exchange rates.

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Reckitt-Benckiser asks High Court to overturn decision on Maxigesic ads
Alastair Vincent 2022-02-03 1:27 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Consumer goods giant Reckitt-Benckiser is seeking special leave from the High Court to challenge a Full Court judgment that overturned a finding that AFT Pharmaceuticals ads’ for its painkiller Maxigesic were misleading.

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SAS soldier said he feared ‘dobbing in’ Ben Roberts-Smith for alleged killings of Afghan villagers
Anna Mitchelmore 2022-02-03 9:09 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

A serving SAS soldier has reiterated his testimony that Ben Roberts-Smith was involved in the killing of two Afghan detainees, telling a judge he was afraid that ‘dobbing in’ the decorated war veteran would lead to his demotion.

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Hall & Wilcox boosts cyber team with new partner appointment
Hall & Wilcox 2022-02-03 9:44 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Hall & Wilcox has lured a cyber whiz to bolster the firm’s cyber insurance and advisory practice, amid an expected jump in cyber-related claims this year.

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Combustible cladding class action in doubt as insurer Vero denies coverage
Class Actions 2022-02-02 11:36 am By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A class action against failed Fairview Architectural over alleged combustible cladding hangs in the balance as a court sets the stage for a fight with insurer Vero over a $190 million policy.

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High Court asked to weigh in on patentability of computer-implemented inventions
Angus Lang 2022-02-02 10:53 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Plumbing company Repipe has asked the High Court to take up its case centred on the controversial issue of patent eligibility for computer-implemented inventions, seeking to overturn a judgment it argues sets a new and impermissible test.

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