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‘Groundless threats’: Sportsbet hit with cross claim in trade mark spat
Competition & Consumer Protection 2020-06-26 6:32 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Bookmaker Sportsbetting.com.au has accused rival Sportsbet of “groundless threats” as it hits back with a cross claim in a hotly disputed trade mark lawsuit between the two companies.

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Facebook claims it can’t be sued by Aussie privacy watchdog
Australian Government Solicitor 2020-06-26 4:25 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

US-based Facebook has argued that it does not carry on business in Australia despite users in Australia accessing its website, calling for the dismissal of action brought by the Australian Information Commissioner over alleged privacy breaches.

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Virgin administrators sign deal with Bain Capital to buy struggling airline
Clayton Utz 2020-06-26 10:35 am By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Virgin’s administrators have reached a deal with Bain Capital to buy the airline and its subsidiaries, saying Friday US investment firm had made a “strong and compelling” bid to keep Australia’s second airline operating and secure the jobs of thousands of workers.

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ACCC takes Pacific National, Aurizon terminal deal challenge to High Court
Alice Muhlebach 2020-06-26 10:15 am By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The competition regulator wants the High Court to hear its challenge to Pacific National’s $205 million acquisition of Aurizon’s Acacia Ridge Terminal in Queensland, saying the deal would entrench the rail freight carrier’s near monopoly on the east coast of Australia.

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Google to pay publishers for news content
ACCC 2020-06-25 10:45 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Google has reached agreements with publishers in three countries to pay for news, as the ACCC works out the details of a mandatory code under which the search giant and Facebook would be forced to pay publishers for news.

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Corporate insolvency partner scores partial win on appeal in breakup spat
Appeals 2020-06-25 5:29 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A challenge to a judgment which found that one partner of a corporate insolvency firm “ambushed” the other to leave the business has been partially overturned by an appeals court.

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Judge won’t re-open Love Is In The Air case to hear argument ‘overlooked’ the first time
Banki Haddock Fiora 2020-06-25 4:39 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The judge overseeing a copyright infringement lawsuit against an electronic music duo and Air France over the 1977 disco hit ‘Love Is In The Air’ has denied a request to re-open the case or tweak his reasons for rejecting most claims for damages, saying the plaintiffs’ opportunity to raise an argument they had likely “overlooked” had passed.

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Road barrier companies hit the brakes on patent dispute
Clayton Utz 2020-06-25 1:40 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A settlement has been reached in a dispute between UK-based Hill & Smith Holdings and Australia-based Safe Barriers Pty Ltd over a patented road safety barrier system.

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Ex-Beem It boss sacked for blowing whistle on CBA conflicts over proposed sale, suit says
CBA 2020-06-25 11:00 am By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The former CEO of Commonwealth Bank subsidiary Beem It was dismissed for blowing the whistle on multiple conflicts of interest by directors of the digital payment company, just months after she was warned by one director that the “CBA wagons” were circling her, a lawsuit alleges.

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High Court contacts 100 former associates who worked during Dyson Heydon decade
Employment 2020-06-25 10:51 am By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The High Court is reaching out to more than 100 former associates who worked during the tenure of former Justice Dyson Heydon, the high-powered judge facing legal action after being found to have sexually harassed several female associates.

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