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ACCC takes car rental company to court for threatening customers
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-04-18 5:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

The consumer watchdog has brought legal action against Australian 4WD Hire, accusing the car rental company of charging customers for damage to vehicles without evidence of damage, and threatening to slap on extra charges to customers who complained.

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High Court refuses special leave to losing GetSwift class action
Appeals 2019-04-18 10:48 am By Christine Caulfield

The battle over competing shareholder class actions against logistics tech company GetSwift is over, with the High Court rejecting a bid by one of the losing class action applicants to take another look at their case.

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IMF Bentham joins forces with US law firm to set up first legal fund in Asia
Business of Law 2019-04-17 10:15 pm By Christine Caulfield

IMF Bentham is teaming up with US law firm Boies Schiller Flexner to establish a $30 million fund for Vietnamese businesses to pursue cross-border legal claims, a first for the litigation funder in Asia.

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Mattel settles patent infringement case over Mecard transformable toys
Intellectual Property 2019-04-17 8:58 pm By Christine Caulfield

US-toy giant Mattel has reached a settlement in a Federal Court case alleging its Mecard toys infringed on a patent for a toy transformation mechanism owned by Canadian toy company Spin Master.

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Ex-Aussie Home Loan boss can’t escape $1M ruling that he duped Adcock Private Equity
Securities 2019-04-17 2:45 pm By Christine Caulfield

Former Aussie Home Loans boss Stephen Porges has lost an appeal of a judgment ordering him to pay more than $1 million to a private equity firm that was found to have been duped into buying his worthless shares in a beleaguered startup.

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Baker McKenzie global chair dies while on exhaustion leave
Baker McKenzie 2019-04-16 11:15 pm By Christine Caulfield

International law firm Baker McKenzie has confimed the death of its global chair, Paul Rawlinson, who had been on extended leave, citing exhaustion.

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Dental company founder not smiling after firm launches legal action for ‘unlawful payments’
Employment 2019-04-16 10:51 pm By Christine Caulfield

The founder and former CEO of Smiles Inclusive has been taken to court by the dental company, which accuses him of serious misconduct over allegedly unlawful payments and transactions.

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James Cook University unlawfully sacked controversial climate change professor, court finds
Employment 2019-04-16 9:23 pm By Christine Caulfield

James Cook University unlawfully dismissed a professor who spoke out against the school and one of its scientists over its climate change views, a judge found Tuesday.

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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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