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Landmark personal leave challenge by Mondelez gets Full Court’s attention
Employment 2019-02-20 9:38 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The Full Federal Court on Thursday will hear arguments in an employment case that calls into question the meaning of the personal leave provisions of the Fair Work Act and could have significant ramifications for how companies calculate the entitlement for shift workers.

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Victorian Government can’t save Esso’s Bass Strait arbitration
Appeals 2019-02-20 5:59 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The Full Court of the Federal Court has shot down a bid by the Victorian Government to intervene a second time in a long-running bargaining dispute between Esso Australia and three key Australian unions over its Bass Strait offshore oil and gas operations.

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Gov’t sued for supplying water to Adani’s $2B Carmichael coal mine
Anna Mitchelmore 2019-02-20 3:22 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The Federal Government failed to read public submissions in approving a “flawed” assessment of a project supplying Adani’s controversial Carmichael coal mine with over 12.5 billion litres of water, an environmental group has told a court.

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ASIC foreshadows multiple criminal cases in wake of royal commission
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-02-19 11:00 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

ASIC has wasted no time in the wake of a critical report from the banking royal commission, reporting a 50 percent spike in investigations into financial services companies since the beginning of the month and promising a number of criminal referrals are on the horizon.

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Sandoz ordered to pay Lundbeck over $26.3M for infringing Lexapro patent
Clayton Utz 2019-02-19 10:18 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Generic drug maker Sandoz must pay $26.34 million to Danish pharmacuetical giant Lundbeck and a subsidiary for infringing the Australian patent behind the blockbuster antidepressant Lexapro, a judge has found.

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“Something’s gone terribly wrong”: CIMIC slammed by class action judge
Allens 2019-02-19 2:37 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judge has reprimanded CIMIC Group’s preparations to defend a class action against it, saying a late attempt to file critical evidence was a sign something “pretty horrible” had gone on behind the scenes.

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Judge rules for investors in class action over conman Peter Foster’s sports betting scam
Class Actions 2019-02-18 11:06 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A judge has ruled for investors in a class action alleging they sank $12.3 million into a sports trading scam masterminded by convicted conman Peter Foster, saying they were entitled to recover their misappropriated money from the “notorious confidence trickster”.

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ASIC appeals loss in Westpac personal advice case
Allens 2019-02-18 5:00 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has appealed a ruling that two Westpac units did not provide personal financial advice as part of a campaign encouraging customers to roll over external superannuation accounts.

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Bechtel settles same-sex harassment suit by male worker
Ashurst 2019-02-18 3:43 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Construction giant Bechtel has reached a settlement in a lawsuit by a male worker who claims the company shrugged off his complaints of same-sex harassment as “horseplay”.

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Retail Food Group misled couple who lost $142K in Michel’s Patisserie franchisee, court finds
Contracts 2019-02-18 3:30 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judge has found franchisor Retail Food Group made false and misleading statements to a couple whose Michel’s Patisserie franchise ultimately lost over $142,000 due to allegedly poor quality products and irregular order schedules.

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