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Class actions pile up against 3M
Class Actions 2025-01-22 3:24 pm By Sam Matthews

3M is now facing two class actions in Victoria, after being hit with a case on behalf of ADF members who claim they suffered hearing loss from using defective combat earplugs.

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Bakers Delight challenges reverse onus finding in Fair Work case
Employment 2025-01-22 5:24 pm By Sam Matthews

Bakers Delight has filed a challenge to a finding that it was subject to a statutory reverse onus aimed at employers, in a Fair Work Ombudsman underpayments case against a franchisee.

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Appeals court won’t revive defamation claims against AFP commander
Defamation 2025-01-22 11:11 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A Melbourne couple whose defamation claims against an AFP commander were thrown out by a jury has had their appeal rejected.

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New class action says 3M sold hazardous PFAS products
Class Actions 2025-01-21 11:48 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Chemical manufacturer 3M is facing a class action alleging it sold products containing hazardous materials known as PFAS without disclosing the risks they posed. 

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Legal fees to eat up more than half of COVID-19 class action settlement
Class Actions 2025-01-21 10:22 pm By Sam Matthews

Legal fees will eat up more than half of a $3.5 million settlement reached in a class action over deaths at a NSW aged care facility during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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Perth solicitor wins $160,000 in defamation case against former clients
Defamation 2025-01-21 4:00 pm By Andy Sidler

A lawyer has won a $160,000 defamation judgment against her former clients over defamatory emails sent to members of the government and the legal profession.

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Drivas plans for add-on to Parramatta Square heritage site refused again
Construction 2025-01-23 11:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

Property developer Drivas has lost its court fight over plans for a nine-storey tower atop the heritage-listed Murrays Building in Parramatta’s Centenary Square.

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Pilatus wins discovery for potential IP suit linked to Air Force contract
Intellectual Property 2025-01-21 11:21 pm By Andy Sidler

Swiss aircraft manufacturer Pilatus has won discovery to pursue a possible copyright claim stemming from a Royal Australian Air Force flight simulator contract.

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More charges in IBAC probe of alleged builder registration bribes
Public Corruption 2025-01-24 11:57 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An employee of Victoria’s building regulator is among 28 further people now facing charges over allegations builder registrations were given in exchange for bribes. 

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FWC finds IP Australia patent examiner was not forced to resign
Employment 2025-01-21 11:38 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A patent examiner who questioned IP Australia’s examination processes has lost his appeal of a Fair Work Commission decision that found he was not forced to resign from his job.

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