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Domino’s franchisee settles $6.1M case alleging false promises about pizza sales
Franchises 2019-01-24 3:21 pm By Miklos Bolza

A franchisee’s $6.1 million case against Domino’s Pizza accusing the fast food chain of misleading him about the sales he could expect from his two Surfers Paradise stores has been resolved out of court.

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Merivale faces potential employment class action alleging ‘systemic underpayments’
Employment 2019-01-23 4:44 pm By Christine Caulfield

Sydney hospitality giant Merivale is facing a potential class action after the Fair Work Commission terminated an expired enterprise agreement, which had its army of staff on salaries well below the industry award rate.

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ACCC wins access to Trivago docs over website, ad changes
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-12-19 8:36 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Hotel booking aggregator Trivago, which last month admitted to breaching the consumer laws over its travel accommodation rankings, has lost a bid to keep secret internal documents that detail why the company made changes to its website and rejigged its advertising.

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Trivago admits it breached consumer law with hotel rankings
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-11-28 1:01 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Hotel booking aggregator Trivago has admitted it may have misled consumers into believing they would find the lowest hotel rate on an initial search of its site and that it had breached the Australian Consumer Law.

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Melbourne cafe fined $185K for playing unlicenced music
Intellectual Property 2018-10-03 3:43 pm By Miklos Bolza

A Melbourne cafe embroiled in a Fair Work battle over alleged staff underpayments has now been hit with a $185,000 fine for copyright infringement in a separate case brought against it by the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia.

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Corner Hotel wins bid for McDonald’s hipster cafe financials
Intellectual Property 2018-09-12 11:08 pm By Miklos Bolza

McDonald’s must hand over financial records for its Corner Cafe as the trade mark battle launched by Melbourne’s Corner Hotel heads to mediation.

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Trivago taken to court over hotel price ads
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-08-23 2:14 pm By Christine Caulfield

Hotel booking site Trivago has been hit with legal action by the consumer regulator alleging the company’s price advertisements were misleading.

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Crown sues NSW government to protect Sydney harbour views
Real Estate 2018-08-09 2:57 pm By Christine Caulfield

Crown Resorts is taking the NSW government to court over development at central Barangaroo that threatens to block its views of Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House.

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Employers on notice after FWO’s win in race discrimination case
Employment 2018-05-28 2:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Fresh off a win in its first race discrimination case, the Fair Work Ombudsman has issued a warning to employers that discriminate against workers on the basis of race: we will come after you.

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Sacked delivery riders take test cases to Fair Work Commission
Employment 2018-03-14 1:42 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Fair Work Commission will have a chance to weigh whether delivery riders are protected under workplace laws when two riders take their unfair dismissal cases to the agency this week.

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