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Dye & Durham offers to shed Aussie business in $2.9B bid for Link Group
ACCC 2022-08-04 1:58 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Canada-based software company Dye & Durham has offered to divest its Australian business to win the ACCC’s blessing for its proposed $2.9 billion acquisition of technology services provider Link Group.

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Johnson Winter & Slattery opens Canberra office with partners from MinterEllison
Article 2022-08-04 11:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

Law firm Johnson Winter & Slattery is expanding its footprint with the opening of a Canberra office spearheaded by two new partners lured from MinterEllison and leading M&A partner Marcus Clark.

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Citing ‘leisurewear effect’, judge says Brambles class action witness should testify in person
Allens 2022-08-03 1:52 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A judge has rejected a bid by chain logistics company Brambles to allow two of its US-based witnesses to appear remotely at an upcoming trial in a shareholder class action, saying the executives should make the trip or give no evidence.

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Barristers’ clerk was not axed for working from home, court told
Business of Law 2022-08-03 2:37 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A Melbourne-based clerking service has denied that it fired a clerk because she asked to work from home to manage her disability and was absent from work due to COVID-19 complications.

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Mercedes bullied car dealers, called them ‘baby piglets’, court told
Automotive 2022-08-03 11:40 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Officials at the Mercedes-Benz Australia head office referred to car dealers as “baby piglets” in internal communications and threatened and bullied the retailers, a trial court has been told in a $650 million lawsuit over the car maker’s decision to move to a fixed-price agency model.

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Ex-Amobee boss who hid affair with underling can sue for disability discrimination by association
Anna Perigo 2022-08-03 5:56 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A former managing director of adtech company Amobee can proceed with a complaint of disability discrimination by association, after he was fired for failing to disclose a relationship with an employee who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder after a sexual assault by a senior executive.

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Telstra to shut down sites amid ACCC concerns about Optus 5G rollout
ACCC 2022-08-03 11:11 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Telstra has agreed to deregister 162 radiocommunications sites after the ACCC expressed concerns the acquisition could stymie competition by hampering the rollout of Optus’ 5G network.

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Lawyer sues over articles on dropped David Jones fraud charges
Defamation 2022-08-03 11:07 pm By Sam Matthews Sydney

A Sydney lawyer has sued the owners of three websites which allegedly published defamatory articles accusing her of trying to defraud $16,000 from David Jones, claiming her employment prospects have been damaged.

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A ‘futile exercise’: Palmer, McGowan win chump change in costly defamation battle
Bret Walker 2022-08-02 2:44 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A court has awarded Western Australia premier Mark McGowan and mining billionaire Clive Palmer paltry sums in their defamation battle, with a judge finding that Palmer suffered “very little damage” to his reputation.

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ALRC calls for federal judicial commission to deal with complaints against judges
Courts 2022-08-02 2:12 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Australian Law Reform Commission has recommended the establishment of a federal judicial commission as a “transparent and independent” way of addressing concerns about the conduct of judges.

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