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Class action woes mount for Toyota unit Hino over emissions cheating
Class Actions 2022-11-22 9:29 am By Christine Caulfield

Already facing one Australian class action for cheating on diesel emissions tests, Toyota unit Hino is the subject of a fresh class action probe announced Tuesday.

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ASIC calls for $7.5M penalty against defunct funeral insurer that ‘preyed’ on First Nations people
Insurance 2022-11-22 10:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne

ASIC is seeking $7.5 million in penalties against failed ACBF Funeral Plans and parent company Youpla Group for misrepresenting to customers that it was Indigenous-owned and falsely claiming that its products were specifically beneficial to First Nations people.

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Maker of AFL merchandise sues US retail giant for trade mark infringement
Intellectual Property 2022-11-22 4:32 pm By Sam Matthews

Australian sports tour company FanFirm has sued US sports merchandise giant Fanatics alleging ‘flagrant’ infringement of its trade marks.

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Settlement in Montara oil spill class action revealed to be worth $192.5M
Class Actions 2022-11-21 11:39 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

In one of the year’s biggest class action settlements, PTTEP Australasia has agreed to pay $192.5 million to settle a representative action over a 2009 oil spill that affected 15,000 Indonesian seaweed farmers.

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Battle to lead Blue Sky shareholder class action is on
Class Actions 2022-11-21 3:28 am By Cat Fredenburgh

The law firm that filed a second securities class action against failed Blue Sky Alternative Investments and auditor EY has moved swiftly to stay a competing class action brought three months ago.

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Lloyd’s underwriters dodge coverage for EP Financial negligence suit
Insurance 2022-11-21 10:44 pm By Sam Matthews

A group of Lloyd’s underwriters are off the hook for financial services company EP Financial Services’ costs in an lawsuit over allegedly negligent financial advice, after an appeals court found the exclusions under the policy were valid.

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Wife of billionaire developer challenges suppression order in $272M ATO case
Appeals 2022-11-21 2:14 pm By Christine Caulfield

The wife of a billionaire developer has lodged an appeal seeking to suppress the affidavits of a tax official in a $272 million proceeding brought by the Australian Taxation Office.

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Freezing order stands in Sportsbet’s domain name spat with owner of sportsbet.com
Intellectual Property 2022-11-21 5:39 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Bookmaker Sportsbet has defeated a bid to overturn a freezing order against the owner of the sportsbet.com domain name in a trade mark infringement dispute stemming from a promotion agreement.

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Qantas wins bid to take axed ground crew case to High Court
Employment 2022-11-18 3:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

Qantas has won its application to the High Court to appeal a Full Federal Court finding that it breached the Fair Work Act when it outsourced the work of its ground crew during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Apple flags fight over consolidation of app store competition class actions
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-11-18 5:39 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Apple has foreshadowed a challenge in the event two law firms seek to work together on a consolidated class action that alleges both Apple and Google engaged in anti-competitive conduct in operating their app stores.

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