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Clubbers denied entry to venue on ‘Asian night’ win race discrimination lawsuit
Article 2020-05-11 10:41 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Two men who claimed they were denied entry to a Sydney nightclub because it was “Asian night” will walk away with $15,000 after winning a racial discrimination case against the venue.

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Facing ‘unviable’ future, Auscript plans COVID-19 redundancies
Article 2020-04-07 8:09 pm By Alison Eveleigh Sydney

The Fair Work Commission has ordered court transcript service Auscript to stop a wave of redundancies planned in response to the COVID-19 pandemic until it properly consults with staff.

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TEG Live to pay back $5M to basketball fans duped by misleading seating charts
Article 2020-04-07 12:26 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Event promoter TEG Live will refund $5 million to more than 5,000 sports fans who bought 20,000 tickets to see the Boomers play USA and Canada last year, after admitting it made misleading claims about seating at the basketball games.

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Asahi’s $16B deal to buy CUB gets competition approval with sell-off
Article 2020-04-01 2:27 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The competition watchdog has signed off on the $16 billion acquisition of Carlton & United Breweries by Asahi after the Japanese beer giant offered to shed key beer and cider brands to seal the deal.

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ACCC to ease off compulsory exams in response to COVID-19
ACCC 2020-03-27 10:51 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will scale back its use of certain investigatory tools, such as compulsory examinations, amid the strain on Australian businesses from the spread of COVID-19.

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‘Free the flag’: Copyright dispute over Aboriginal flag looms
Article 2020-03-19 11:42 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A company that holds the copyright for the Aboriginal flag may file a lawsuit against a website that sells flags featuring the design with the words ‘Free the flag’ in the middle.

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Contingency fees will compromise lawyers’ ethics, peak legal body warns
Article 2020-03-13 12:27 am By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The Law Council of Australia has come out against proposed Victorian legislation that would allow lawyers to charge contingency fees, saying lifting the current ban would compromise solicitors’ ethical duties to their clients.

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ACCC review of Google’s Fitbit acquisition to look at data
ACCC 2020-02-27 11:22 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has opened a formal review into whether Google’s $3 billion acquisition of fitness device company Fitbit will harm competition, including the potential impact of the search giant’s increased access to user data.

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Dick Smith class actions headed for March trial after mediation fails
Accounting 2020-02-10 11:00 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Two shareholder class actions against failed electronics retailer Dick Smith will head to trial in March, after a failed attempt to resolve the long-running dispute in mediation.

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Former boss of music streaming platform Guvera disqualified for 2 years
Article 2020-01-14 10:29 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The head of failed global music streamer Guvera has been banned by the corporate regulator from managing corporations for two years for failing to avoid conflicts of interest or pay the company’s taxes.

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