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Victorian courts to review sexual harassment policies
The Victoria state government has launched reviews into the sexual harassment policies of its courts and tribunals and the law firms that provide services to the government, following allegations of sexual harassment against former High Court justice Dyson Heydon.
Aristocrat overdid it with expert evidence in patent case, court says
A judge has trimmed the costs the Commissioner of Patents owes Aristocrat Technologies after the gaming giant successfully appealed a ruling rejecting four of its gaming patents, saying Aristocrat had "over-egged the pudding" by submitting evidence from three experts on the patentability of its inventions.
Virgin bondholders blast Deloitte disclosures to court
Virgin Australia bondholders contesting the sale of the airline to private equity firm Bain Capital have blasted the airline's administrators at Deloitte for failing to inform the court when applying for confidentiality orders that the bondholders had sought information on the terms of the deal.
Judge says FWC can hear dispute over stood down Qantas, Jetstar engineers
The workplace umpire has jurisdiction to hear a case against Qantas and its budget subsidiary Jetstar brought by the union for licenced aircraft maintenance engineers stood down during the coronavirus pandemic, a judge has ruled in a blow to the airline.
Decade-long dispute over vehicle parking monitoring patent rolls on
Vehicle Management Systems will take another crack at opposing a patent application by rival SARB Management Group for an integrated magnetic parking overstay detector.
Law firms set stage for Boral class action beauty parade
Two law firms that filed competing shareholder class actions against construction giant Boral have asked the court to permanently stay the other's proceeding, after the judge overseeing the matter said he might wait until the High Court's ruling on the AMP class action beauty parade before deciding which class action should move forward.
Federal Court to review sexual harassment policies following Heydon scandal
The Federal Court is reviewing its sexual harassment policies following allegations that former High Court justice Dyson Heydon sexually harassed six female associates while on the bench.
DLA Piper nabs class action lawyer from King & Wood Mallesons
DLA Piper has hired a partner to build up its finance dispute resolution and class actions practice in Australia.
ACCC claims Freedom Furniture misled consumers about refund rights
Freedom Furniture has paid penalties of $25,200 after being hit with two infringement notices by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission for allegedly misleading customers about their consumer guarantee rights.
Westpac owes $8M to underpaid workers
Westpac has become the latest company to discover it shortchanged workers, announcing it will pay $8 million to around 8,000 current and former staff who were not paid long service leave entitlements.