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Ex-Seven reporter drops suit after court told of 13 complaints by women
Employment 2024-09-10 11:33 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Axed Seven Network reporter Robert Ovadia has dropped a lawsuit against his former boss, just days after the court heard that 13 women came forward with complaints following his dismissal.

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Uber judge grapples with ‘unprecedented’ number of late registrants for $272M settlement
Class Actions 2024-09-09 11:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Almost 7,000 taxi drivers who did not sign up to two class actions against Uber by the deadline are asking the court for a cut of a $272 million settlement, with a judge questioning what she ā€œunleashedā€ when sending out the notice of settlement.Ā 

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X Corp wants to dodge eSafety Commissioner’s notice served on Twitter
Social Media 2024-09-09 11:45 pm By Andy Sidler

X Corp claims it is not answerable to a compliance notice the eSafety Commissioner issued to Twitter concerning its monitoring of child sexual abuse on its platform, telling the court there’s a “lively dispute” about the effect of the company’s acquisition by Elon Musk.

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Uber wins fight with NSW revenue office over $81M in payroll tax
Tax 2024-09-09 11:09 pm By Andy Sidler

Uber has successfully challenged five years of payroll tax totalling more than $81 million, with a judge finding that payments made to drivers should not be taxed as wages as Uber only acts as a “payment collection agent” between rider and driver.

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P&O Cruises settles litigation by holidaymakers over fatal bus collision
Personal injury 2024-09-09 11:58 pm By Christine Caulfield

P&O Cruises has resolved a group of personal injury cases by passengers who were seriously hurt in a bus collision in Vanuatu in 2016.

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Bruce Lehrmann seeks to claw back $117k from lawyers
Defamation 2024-09-06 1:44 pm By Sam Matthews

Bruce Lehrmann has flagged a bid to claw back $117,000 he says his former legal team was not entitled to pay out of a trust account in his failed defamation case against Network Ten, saying he intends to use the sum to pay counsel to sign off on his appeal. In a case management hearing…

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Superannuation class action against Westpac unit to be discontinued
Class Actions 2024-09-06 12:44 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action targeting Westpac subsidiary BT Funds Management and Tal Life Insurance is set to be discontinued less than a year after it was filed.

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Judge strikes out ACCC’s entire claim against Meta over crypto ads
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-09-06 12:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Over objections from the ACCC, a judge has struck out the regulator’s entire case against Meta over scam cryptocurrency ads on Facebook after it clarified that each allegedly misleading ad should be a separate contravention.

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ACCC signs off on Optus, TPG network sharing deal
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-09-05 12:27 pm By Sam Matthews

The competition watchdog has approved a blockbuster regional network sharing deal expected to boost TPGā€™s regional coverage as well as Optusā€™ 5G rollout, after rejecting a similar deal between TPG and Telstra.Ā 

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Funder’s payout in AMP class action should be shaved by $2.6M, court told
Class Actions 2024-08-29 11:31 pm By Sam Matthews

A contradictor appointed to represent group members’ interests in relation to a $100 million settlement in a class action against AMP wants to shave $2.6 million off the funderā€™s cut, telling the court that deductions for ATE insurance and administrative fees should not be approved.

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