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MFS execs lose appeal over $147.5M in misused funds
Corrs Chambers Westgarth 2018-12-18 5:56 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Three former executives of failed Gold Coast finance company MFS Group have lost their challenge to a ruling that they misappropriated $147.5 million in funds prior to the company’s collapse.

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Hytera ordered to hand over ‘stolen’ Motorola code
Cameron Moore 2018-12-18 5:33 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Hytera Communications has been ordered to hand over source code that Motorola Solutions claims was stolen by three employees who jumped ship between the companies.

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Leyonhjelm wants details on Sarah Hanson-Young’s sex life
Defamation 2018-12-18 5:10 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Liberal Democrat senator David Leyonhjelm, who is facing a defamation lawsuit by Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young, is planning to compel Hanson-Young to describe her sexual relations with men.

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ACCC gets $35M boost to take on cartels
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-12-18 4:59 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The government has given the ACCC a $35 million shot in the arm to bring more criminal cartel cases and investigate anti-competitive conduct.

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Bellamy’s ‘very ambitious’ in bid for $4.5M cost cap, judge says
Class Actions 2018-12-17 10:17 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A judge looked dimly Monday on a pitch by baby food maker Bellamy’s to limit to $4.5 million the costs incurred by the law firms leading joint class actions against the company, saying the request was “very ambitious”.

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High Court to hear mortgage aggregator share transfer dispute
Appeals 2018-12-17 9:29 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The High Court has granted special leave to mortgage aggregator Connective in a dispute between the firm’s founder and major shareholders over a transfer of one-third of the company’s shares, in a case that could clarify whether litigation should be considered a prohibited form of financial assistance under the Corporations Act.

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Battle over competing GetSwift class actions goes to High Court
Appeals 2018-12-17 4:30 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Law firm Squire Patton Boggs is taking a fight over a ruling that shut down its shareholder class action against logistics startup GetSwift to the High Court.

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Jetstar agrees to $1.95M penalty over misleading refunds policy
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-12-17 3:12 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Jetstar Airways has agreed to pay a $1.95 million penalty and admitted to making false and misleading representations about customer eligibility for refunds on cancelled flights, in breach of the Australian Consumer Law.

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Union merger challenge shot down by Federal Court
Chief Justice James Allsop 2018-12-14 11:53 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

An employer group has lost an appeal to the Full Federal Court to overturn the merger of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union with two other unions.

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Viterra says others lied about malt quality, judge wants to know who
Corporate 2018-12-14 10:31 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Viterra can amend its defence mid-trial in its dispute with Cargill over the $420 sale of its Joe White malt business to argue it was standard industry practice to fudge test results relating to malt quality, provided it identifies which industry players engaged in the practice.

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