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Beetaloo gas exploration was approved to ‘stymie’ climate change case, judge told
Australian Government Solicitor 2021-11-02 9:14 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The Morrison government decision’s to enter into a contract with a subsidiary of Empire Energy for gas exploration in the Beetaloo Basin was an effort to “stymie” climate change litigation brought against the federal resources minister, a court has heard.

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Holders of Aussie cryptocurrency Qoin threaten class action
Class Actions 2021-11-02 8:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

An issuer of Gold Coast-based cryptocurrency Qoin may be hit with a class action by investors claiming it is a “token of no utility”.

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Is it infringement if no one saw it? Hells Angels, Redbubble TM case to raise novel issue
Allens 2021-11-02 1:02 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

A novel issue of liability has been raised in a trademark dispute between Hells Angels Motorcycle Corporation and Redbubble, with the online retailer claiming a trade mark cannot be infringed if the trade mark owner is the only person to witness the alleged infringement.

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a2 Milk loses trade mark fight against Mead Johnson Nutrition
Adams Pluck 2021-11-02 4:44 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

The a2 Milk Company is paying the price for its descriptive trade name, unsuccessfully opposing registration of a trademark for Reckitt Benckiser subsidiary’s milk-based product, AII.

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Spruson & Ferguson, Shelston IP merge to create intellectual property powerhouse
Business of Law 2021-11-02 2:01 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

Spruson & Ferguson and Shelston IP have merged to create Australia’s largest intellectual property law firm, with a 200-strong workforce and more than 160 years of combined experience.

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BlueScope meeting made distributor ‘extremely uncomfortable’, ACCC tells court
ACCC 2021-11-01 5:58 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

BlueScope general manager Jason Ellis made executives of a steel distributor “extremely uncomfortable” in a meeting where he presented the steel giant’s price list, a court hearing the ACCC’s price-fixing case was told Monday.

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Barrister who repped execs in long-running ASIC case appointed Federal Court judge
Clayton Utz 2021-11-01 3:47 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A silk and former Clayton Utz litigation partner who represented the directors of failed telco OneTel in a nearly decade-long ASIC case that ended in a defeat for the corporate regulator has been appointed a judge on the Federal Court.

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Seven McDonald’s franchises now facing lawsuits over unpaid rest breaks
Colin Biggers & Paisley 2021-11-01 6:25 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

A McDonald’s franchise has been hit with a lawsuit accusing it of deliberately withholding workers’ paid rest breaks and committing “horrifying” and “shameful” violations of the Fair Work Act, the seventh such lawsuit to be filed by the union representing fast food workers.

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Binding statement as good as class action in age pension case, judge told
Australian Government Solicitor 2021-11-01 8:28 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

The federal government is seeking to avoid a representative proceeding brought on behalf of Indigenous men alleging its failure to “close the gap” in life expectancy necessitates a lower age eligibility for their fair and equal access to the age pension.

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Thomson Geer to give all staff 10% pay rise
Ashurst 2021-11-01 1:21 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Thomson Geer is giving all staff a 10 per cent pay bump, less than a week after Big Six law firm Gilbert + Tobin announced similar measures amid tight competition for talent in the legal market.

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