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Secure Logic faces potential criminal prosecution for employee spying
Benjamin DeBuse 2021-06-15 10:24 pm By Christine Caulfield

Cyber security company Secure Logic Group has won an injunction barring two former executives from using confidential information, but the victory is a Pyrrhic one for the firm, whose covert surveillance of one of the executives could lead to criminal charges.

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Car repair group AMA agrees to early mediation with former CEO Andrew Hopkins
Automotive 2021-06-15 3:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

AMA Group has told a court it will enter early mediation in its lawsuit against former CEO Andrew Hopkins that alleges he owes $2.4 million in unauthorised expenses and repayments on an outstanding loan.

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Ex-PwC director resolves lawsuit over termination by DocuSign
Ashurst 2021-06-11 9:48 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Former PricewaterhouseCoopers director Jennifer Whittaker has resolved her lawsuit with the accounting giant on the eve of trial, leaving questions about the validity of termination notices by DocuSign for a future case.

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Law firm launches third stolen wages class action
Class Actions 2021-06-11 2:23 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A class action has been filed against the federal government on behalf of First Nations people in the Northern Territory who were allegedly denied wages owed for work performed over a nearly 40-year period.

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Judge extends injunction blocking ex-Liberty Financial exec from joining rival
Andrew Crocker 2021-06-04 2:10 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has extended an injunction barring a former manager of non-bank lender Liberty Financial from working for a unit of Wingate Group until after trial in a case over a restraint clause in the executive’s contract.

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Court to hear challenge to unions funding class action against UGL
Christina Trahanas 2021-06-03 12:04 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Engineering giant UGL will file proceedings against two unions seeking to block them from funding an underpayments class action on behalf of casual workers, with a judge noting the Full Court may need to weigh in on whether unions can fund class actions.

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ClubsNSW can use docs in money laundering whistleblower’s lawsuits
Andrew Harding 2021-06-01 8:35 pm By Miklos Bolza

The association behind over 1,300 clubs in NSW has won court permission to use documents produced in its breach of confidentiality lawsuit against whistleblower Troy Stolz in two other proceedings brought by the former compliance auditor for Fair Work contraventions, defamation and workers compensation.

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Court bars ex-Liberty Financial exec from jumping ship to competitor
Andrew Crocker 2021-05-27 1:12 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has issued a temporary injunction barring a former manager from non-bank lender Liberty Financial from moving over to a unit of the Wingate Group, after hearing the company was “start-up facsimile” of Liberty which aimed to become a competitor in the future.

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Scott Morrison should apologise to Christine Holgate for ‘improper threat’, report says
Employment 2021-05-26 10:11 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Prime Minister Scott Morrison should apologise to former Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate for leveling an “improper threat” during a Senate hearing last year that she should “stand aside or go” for purchasing $5,000 Cartier watches as bonuses for four employees.

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High Court to hear former prosecutor’s appeal after $435,000 PTSD award overturned
Albert Dinelli 2021-05-25 12:36 pm By Christine Caulfield

A former solicitor in the Victorian Office of Public Prosecutions who claims she suffered severe post-traumatic stress disorder and depression from repeated exposure to sexual offence cases will get a chance to make her case before the High Court.

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