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Chinese crypto miner wins return of equipment in five-way stoush
Cryptocurrency 2023-02-24 10:26 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A Chinese crypto miner has won its equipment back, for now, after a Melbourne business it charged with looking after the machines allegedly allowed four other businesses to access them, culminating in a five-way stoush involving an ambulance and police.

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Slater & Gordon to end run on ASX with Allegro Funds buyout
Business of Law 2023-02-24 5:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Slater & Gordon is poised to go private in an off-market takeover by Allegro Funds valuing the company at 55 cents per share, 16 years after it became the first law firm to list on the ASX, reaching a peak valuation of $2.8 billion.

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Slew of insurers targeted in Virgin bond holders class action
Class Actions 2023-02-24 4:51 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A class action accusing Virgin Australia of failing to disclose its true financial position in a 2019 prospectus for a $324 million capital raising is seeking to join a slew of the airline’s insurers to the case.

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Acciona accused of blocking access to $511M waste-to-energy plant
Acciona 2023-02-24 3:23 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Spanish infrastructure giant Acciona has been sued by the entity in charge of a $511 million waste-to-energy plant south of Perth, which says it was unlawfully shut out of the project site after “commercial issues” arose between them.

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ASIC alleges RACQ misled customers about insurance discounts
ASIC 2023-02-24 2:39 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has instituted court proceedings against the insurance arm of Queensland’s peak motoring body alleging it misled customers about their entitlement to discounts on a range of insurance products.

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Reporter details ‘sexist culture’ of Ten’s Canberra bureau
Corrs Chambers Westgarth 2023-02-23 11:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Journalist Tegan George has reworked her sex discrimination case against Network Ten, claiming the Canberra bureau had a culture that was “sexually hostile, demeaning and oppressive”.

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Retired Federal Court judge joins DLA Piper as senior advisor
Business of Law 2023-02-23 11:01 pm By Christine Caulfield

A Federal Court judge who stepped down from the bench in December is joining global law firm DLA Piper after just four months in retirement.

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AMA to file ‘jumbo’ claim in scrap with former execs
Automotive 2023-02-23 6:06 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Car repair giant AMA Group is set to file an omnibus claim against ousted CEO Andrew Hopkins and a handful of former senior executives in an effort to consolidate the allegations in a legal saga that spans two jurisdictions.

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Melbourne doctor whose WFH request was denied loses discrimination suit
Employment 2023-02-23 5:58 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A Melbourne doctor who was not allowed to work from home following an injury has lost his disability discrimination suit against his former employer, and was ordered to pay over $570,000 to the practice for his absences.

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Law firm shaves 0.5% off payout in second go at class action contingency fee
ANZ 2023-02-23 5:11 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Maurice Blackburn has had a second crack at a group costs order in three class actions against banks over alleged flexible commission schemes after a judge in 2021 rejected what was then the first-ever application for a contingency fee.

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