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Facial recognition software company Clearview AI breached privacy laws, regulator finds
OAIC 2021-11-04 10:33 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

US-based facial recognition software company Clearview AI has been ordered to cease collecting facial images from individuals in Australia and destroy all the data it has collected within the country.

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Epic’s evidence in clash with Apple could be first in competition case
Apple 2021-11-04 1:19 pm By Bianca Hrovat

Epic Game’s plan to lead econometric evidence in its dispute with Apple could be the first time such evidence has been led in a competition case in Australia, a judge has said, as he warned that the companies’ “unlimited resources and enthusiasm for victory” should not bog the case down.

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Bridge Street Capital hit with costs for funding winding-up defence of ‘woefully’ insolvent developer
Andrew Fernon 2021-11-04 8:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Corporate advisory firm Bridge Street Capital has been hit with costs for funding the defence to a winding up application for a Sydney property developer which a judge found was “woefully” insolvent.

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E&P Financial to defend Dixon Advisory class action
ASIC 2021-11-04 2:28 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

E&P Financial Group says it will defend a class action brought against it, subsidiary Dixon Advisory and director Alan Dixon, alleging they reaped millions of dollars in fees by pushing unsuitable financial products onto investors.

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Class action accuses Dixon Advisory of providing conflicted financial advice
Class Actions 2021-11-03 9:49 pm By Bianca Hrovat

Financial services company Dixon Advisory has been hit with a class action for allegedly pushing financial products onto investors that it stood to reap hundreds of millions of dollars in fees from and failing to disclose its alleged conflict of interest.

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Judge slams indictment in cartel case as ‘complete shemozzle’
ACCC 2021-11-03 3:41 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has declined to quash the indictment in a high-profile criminal case over a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement but sent prosecutors back to the drawing board to remedy its defects, calling the state of affairs “a complete shemozzle”.

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JPMorgan GC sat in on ACCC interviews despite involvement in alleged cartel, court hears
ACCC 2021-11-03 9:23 pm By Miklos Bolza

JPMorgan’s general counsel for Australia and New Zealand was allowed to sit in on witness interviews during an ACCC cartel investigation into ANZ’s $2.5 billion share placement despite allegedly being involved in the cartel conduct, a judge has heard.

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Court won’t block Monash Health from terminating unvaccinated nurses
Chris O'Grady 2021-11-03 3:13 pm By Bianca Hrovat

A court has struck down a bid by unvaccinated nurses to restrain Monash Health from terminating their employment in accordance with the Victorian COVID-19 public health directions requiring them to be vaccinated, saying their case is “at best, weak”.

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Judge weighs exemption from Victoria’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for 134 workers
Construction 2021-11-03 8:43 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A group of 134 workers in healthcare, education and construction have argued a judge should grant them a temporary exemption from Victoria’s direction mandating essential employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 to work outside their homes.

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Groupwide damages not ruled out in Ford class action, judge says
Allens 2021-11-03 9:56 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has left open the possibility that aggregate damages could be awarded in a class action against US auto giant Ford on behalf of 185,000 vehicle owners over their defective cars.

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