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Lawsuit challenges government ban on overseas travel
Class Actions 2020-12-16 11:06 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The Federal government is facing a legal challenge to its ban on overseas travel, the latest attempt to have a government-imposed COVID-19 restriction on movement quashed by a court.

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Combustible cladding class action firm wants to add new owners group member rep
Amelia Smith 2020-12-16 9:22 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen Melbourne

The law firm behind a class action against German manufacturer 3A Composites over allegedly combustible cladding is seeking to add a new representative group member to cover the claims of owners of property with Alucobond panels.

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ABC hit with lawsuit for requiring make-up artist to wear a mask
ABC 2020-12-16 5:41 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A make-up artist has launched a Fair Work case against the ABC alleging she lost her shifts after refusing to wear a mask in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Insurer pulled into pelvic mesh class action as judge pushes for 2021 trial
AJB Stevens 2020-12-16 4:47 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judge has approved an application to join the insurer of a former doctor into a class action seeking compensation for defective pelvic mesh implants and wants to fast-track the matter for  trial next year.

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All judge wants for Christmas is IOOF class action evidence
Caspar Conde 2020-12-16 4:39 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A Federal Court judge taking over a shareholder class action against IOOF Holdings from a recent High Court appointment has lamented the lack of progress in the case, which has been ongoing for nine months.

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Patent attorneys lured lucrative US law firm clients from IP boutique, new suit claims
Bennett & Philp Lawyers 2020-12-16 2:38 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Two patent attorneys who resigned from Pizzeys Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys to launch a competing business performed work for clients of the boutique IP firm a year after they jumped ship, in breach of their employment contracts, a lawsuit claims.

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Facebook hit with ACCC action for ‘misleading’ users over data protection app
ACCC 2020-12-16 10:43 am By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The consumer watchdog has launched enforcement action against Facebook, alleging the social media giant engaged in false, misleading or deceptive conduct in the promotion of its discontinued Onavo Protect mobile app.

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Ex-BlueScope exec Jason Ellis avoids jail for obstructing ACCC cartel probe
ACCC 2020-12-15 10:29 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Former BlueScope general manager of sales and marketing Jason Ellis has been sentenced to a wholly suspended prison term of eight months after pleading guilty to obstructing a price fixing investigation.

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Robodebt judge will have fight on hands if government challenges class action legal fees
Andrew Roe 2020-12-15 8:01 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen Melbourne

The applicant in the settled Robodebt class action has warned a judge he will have a “dispute on [his] hands” if the government presses an argument that law firm Gordon Legal is not entitled to some of its legal fees — an argument the court was told would put the Commonwealth in breach of the settlement deed.

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Norton Rose hit with indemnity costs after ‘fatal misjudgment’ in dispute with ex-partner
Ashley Cameron 2020-12-15 5:37 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Norton Rose Fulbright has been hit with indemnity costs in a long-running case brought by a former partner, with a judge finding the law firm persisted with its “continued maintenance of groundless denials” in the lead-up to a $160,000 judgment against it.

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