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AFL, NRL clubs to fix refunds policies on merchandise after ACCC probe
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-08-16 11:56 am By Christine Caulfield

Top AFL and NRL clubs have agreed to change their refunds and returns policies on football and rugby merchandise after an investigation by the ACCC found they were in breach of the Australian Consumer Law.

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Inghams’ failures did not cause worker’s car park assault, court says
Employment 2018-08-15 11:43 pm By Christine Caulfield

Chicken processor Inghams has won an appeal of a ruling that put it on the hook for the late-night assault of a shift worker in the car park of the company’s poultry plant in Murarrie, Queensland.

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CrownBet goes on the attack, says Sportsbet’s trade marks must be revoked
Intellectual Property 2018-08-15 9:59 pm By Christine Caulfield

In an escalating battle between the online bookmakers, CrownBet has filed a cross claim in a consumer and trademark infringement lawsuit brought by Sportsbet that calls for the cancellation of its rival’s trade marks.

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LGL Commodities CFO can’t drag accountant into liquidator’s suit
Securities 2018-08-15 8:14 pm By Christine Caulfield

The former chief financial officer of LGL Commodities has lost a bid to join the accountant for the collapsed grain trader as a co-defendant in a case brought against him and three other directors by the company’s liquidators.

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CFMMEU warned of deregistration risk for ‘aberrant’ conduct
Employment 2018-08-14 11:42 pm By Christine Caulfield

The CFMMEU must force “systemic behavioural change” on its construction division, a majority Full Federal Court said Tuesday in upholding a fine of $306,000 for workplace breaches against the union and raising the spectre of deregistration.

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Pharmacist who sold fake Viagra can’t get licence back
Healthcare 2018-08-14 1:54 pm By Christine Caulfield

A Sydney pharmacist who was stripped of his registration after selling counterfeit Viagra has lost an application to have his licence reinstated. 

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AMP denies class members will hit time bar in state court
Class Actions 2018-08-13 10:24 pm By Christine Caulfield

AMP has slammed arguments that group members in four Federal Court class actions could face a jurisdictional limitation on their claims of disclosure breaches if their cases are transferred to state court, saying no such disadvantage exists.

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Bayer faces Australian class action over birth control Essure
Product Liability 2018-08-13 2:42 pm By Christine Caulfield

Pharmaceutical and life sciences giant Bayer is facing a potential class action in Australia over its birth control device Essure, which can allegedly cause nickel poisoning and other severe complications.

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Ex-Murray Goulburn CFO settles with ACCC over farmgate prices
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-08-13 11:23 am By Christine Caulfield

Murray Goulburn’s ex-CFO Bradley Hingle has quietly settled a case brought by the consumer watchdog over the dairy co-operative’s allegedly misleading promises about farmgate milk prices, with the former executive agreeing to stay away from the dairy industry for three years. 

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Group members bound by ‘severely’ limiting Great Southern settlement
Class Actions 2018-08-10 11:54 pm By Christine Caulfield

Two group members of a resolved class action over managed investment schemes operated by agribusiness Great Southern Group are bound by the settlement deed to repay loans they took out with the Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, despite the severe constraints the settlement placed on individual defences, a judge has ruled.

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