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Norton Rose Fulbright must pay $160,000 for ‘intentionally misleading’ ex-partner
Employment 2020-11-16 11:15 pm By Christine Caulfield

A former Norton Rose Fulbright partner has won a long-running case over his termination, with a judge ruling the law firm had intentionally misled the lawyer and must pay him $160,000 for its deception.

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Judge ‘currently minded’ to approve GetSwift’s Canadian relocation bid with caveats
Securities 2020-11-16 7:05 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has said she was “currently minded” to sign off on a scheme of arrangement that would see last-mile logistics software firm GetSwift relocate to Canada, but has sought further submissions on whether any Australian civil penalties sought against the company by ASIC would be enforceable in the Canadian courts.

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DocuSign not a valid form of termination, PwC director argues in Fair Work case
Employment 2020-11-16 6:46 pm By Miklos Bolza

A PwC director who was terminated after suffering a back injury at work has sued the accounting giant claiming that her notice of termination was invalid because it was delivered through DocuSign.

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Ex-Linchpin Capital director can’t put disqualification challenge on ice
Financial Services 2020-11-16 3:01 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A former director of defunct financial services company Linchpin Capital, who is facing a class action as well as civil penalty proceedings by ASIC, can’t put the brakes on his challenge to a five-year disqualification order by the regulator.

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Robodebt class action settles for $112M on first day of trial
Class Actions 2020-11-16 1:32 pm By Miklos Bolza

The parties in a class action against the Federal Government over the controversial Robodebt scheme have reached an in principle settlement as the first day of a highly anticipated hearing was scheduled to kick off.

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Murray Goulburn’s former top execs banned from managing companies
Agriculture 2020-11-13 10:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

Murray Goulburn’s former managing director Gary Helou and chief financial officer Brad Hingle have been disqualified from heading up companies after they were found to have breached the Corporations Act for their role in the milk supplier’s repeated failure to disclose an expected material decrease in the milk supplier’s earnings guidance for 2016.

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7-Eleven to face new unconscionability claims in franchisee class action
Class Actions 2020-11-13 9:18 pm By Miklos Bolza

Two class actions on behalf of 7-Eleven franchisees plan to expand their case against the convenience store chain by adding new allegations of systemic unconscionable conduct.

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McDonald’s franchisee hit with $82,000 penalty for ‘systemic’ denial of drink and toilet breaks
Employment 2020-11-13 8:38 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A McDonald’s franchisee has been ordered to pay $82,000 in penalties for systemically denying workers drink and toilet breaks and misleading them about their break entitlements, providing fuel for a class action investigation into the US fast food chain for allegedly denying workers rest breaks.

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GetSwift’s mid-litigation relocation bid ‘not a good look’, judge says
Corporate 2020-11-13 5:54 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge said Friday that a bid by last-mile logistics software firm GetSwift to relocate to Canada as it faces a potential $20 million civil penalty from ASIC and a $50 million class action was “not a good look”.

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High Court won’t hear Kraft, Bega peanut butter trade dress dispute
Appeals 2020-11-13 4:27 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court won’t wade into Kraft-Heinz’s intellectual property dispute with Bega after the US food giant came up short twice its battle over the right to use its peanut butter trade dress in Australia.

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