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Online gig platform fined $600,000 for misleading reviews
ACCC 2020-07-22 11:03 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Online odd jobs platform Service Seeking has been fined $600,000 for falsely representing that reviews on its platform were written by customers when in fact they were written by the businesses themselves.

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HWL Ebsworth’s Sydney partners still working from the office
Article 2020-07-20 11:18 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The law firm at the centre of a coronavirus outbreak linked to its Melbourne headquarters is still expecting its Sydney partners to work from the office despite warnings from NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian that the state had reached a “critical point”.

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Funder’s average rate of return a factor in approving class action commission, judge says
Agriculture 2020-07-10 8:50 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A litigation funder’s average rate of return on its investment in shareholder class actions was one of a number of factors weighed by a judge in approving a 25 per cent funding cut from the $42 million settlement in a class action against dairy cooperative Murray Goulburn.

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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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ISignthis seeks $27M in damages from ASX
Article 2020-06-23 10:02 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

ISignthis is ramping up its battle against the ASX, seeking court approval to amend its lawsuit against the exchange to seek more than $27 million in damages for its alleged misleading and deceptive conduct.

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Mayfair to retire ‘Platinum’ brand to put trade mark dispute to rest
Allens 2020-06-16 11:05 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Mayfair 101 has agreed to cease using the brand name Mayfair Platinum to settle a trade mark dispute brought by ASX-listed fund manager Platinum Asset Management.

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ASIC takes action against Societe Generale for lax handling of client money
Article 2020-06-15 12:48 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

ASIC has slapped an Australian unit of French investment bank Société Générale with additional licence conditions for failing to comply with its obligations for handling client money over a near four-year period.

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Bupa drops lawsuit against aged care regulator on the heels of $6M penalty
ACCC 2020-06-03 5:38 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Bupa Aged Care has dropped a lawsuit challenging a directive by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission that it claimed overlapped with proceedings brought by the ACCC in which it was recently ordered to pay a $6 million penalty.

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Ex-McCabe Curwood lawyer ordered to pay legal bill after ‘incompetent’ appeal
Acting Justice Carolyn Simpson 2020-05-26 4:29 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A former solicitor with McCabe Curwood has lost his attempt to overturn an order that he pay $36,000 in costs to his former employer, after an appeals court found that his challenge was “incompetent”.

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Boral prevails in costly cement supply stoush with Wagners
Article 2020-05-21 5:17 pm By Christine Caulfield Sydney

Boral has successfully defended a lawsuit brought by a subsidiary of building products supplier Wagners, which previously estimated it would take a $10 million financial hit for suspending a cement supply contract with the construction giant.

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