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Aussie social media startup wins injunction against Facebook, Instagram in misuse of market power case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-04-15 11:13 pm By Christine Caulfield

An Australian marketing company that allows clients to schedule socal media posts has won a temporary court injunction against Facebook and Instagram in a lawsuit alleging a decision to block the startup from their platforms is a misuse of market power.

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Citigroup agrees to $3M refund after ASIC raised ‘personal advice’ concerns
Financial Services 2019-04-15 10:58 pm By Christine Caulfield

Citigroup has agreed to refund $3 million to 114 customers that suffered losses stemming from investments in complex financial products, after ASIC raised concerns that some of theĀ customers may have thought they were getting personal rather than general advice.

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Rugby League stand-down rule ā€˜draconianā€™, court hears at Jack de Belin trial
Trials 2019-04-15 3:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

An Australian Rugby League Commission rule barring St George Illawarra Dragons forward Jack de Belin from taking the field is ā€œdraconianā€ and ā€œunfairā€, a court has heard at the beginnig of a three day trial challenging the ‘no-fault’ rule.

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Mills Oakley’s fee fight with ex-client back on after court sets aside judgment for law firm
Business of Law 2019-04-15 3:03 pm By Christine Caulfield

A battle over unpaid fees by a former Mills Oakley client is not over after a judge found the law firm notifed the company of default judgment against it almost a month before winning the judgment.

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Common fund bid in toxic foam class action dismissed after applicant bristles at more scrutiny
Class Actions 2019-04-12 11:36 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has tossed an application for a common fund order in a class action over the use of toxic foam on a RAAF base near Katherine, NT after a barrister for the lead applicants said the bid would be withdrawn if the judge appointed an independent “contradictor” to scrutinise the proposed funding structure.

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Deloitte can’t escape class action claims over failure of Dick Smith
Class Actions 2019-04-11 9:36 pm By Christine Caulfield

Accounting giant Deloitte has failed in its bid to strike out claims made in two shareholder class actions alleging it was careless in auditing the financial statements of electronics retailer Dick Smith ahead of its collapse in 2016.

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Geoffrey Rush wins defamation case against Daily Telegraph publisher
Defamation 2019-04-11 3:12 pm By Christine Caulfield

Actor Geoffrey Rush has been awarded at least $850,000 in damages after taking Nationwide News to court alleging it defamed him by tainting him as a sexual predator, with the judge calling the publisher’s conduct “improper and unjustified”.

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Judge fines CFMMEU, official for making a stink over dirty worksite toilet
Employment 2019-04-10 11:09 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has slapped fines of $33,350 against the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy union and a high-ranking official who pinned a project manager against a fence in a fight over a filthy portable toilet at a construction site in Adelaide.

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Judge can’t be mediator too, court says in ex-Macquarie advisers’ wage case
Employment 2019-04-10 9:26 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has refused a bid by Macquarie Bank and a group of former financial advisers to preside over a mediation of their spat over $2.6 million in wages, saying a judge can’t act as a mediator and he wouldn’t do it even if he could.

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Funding for Iluka Resources class action in limbo amid dispute with Harbour
Class Actions 2019-04-09 9:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

Funding for a shareholder class action against mineral sands company Iluka Resources is in doubt after Harbour Litigation Funding unilaterally backed out of an agreement to finance the litigation.

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