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Super Retail gets second chance to black out terms of settlement with top execs
Employment 2024-10-14 11:01 pm By Christine Caulfield

Super Retail Group can bring an appeal in its fight to suppress parts of a settlement two executives allege they reached after they were fired.

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The Good Guys hits back at ACCC case over store credit claims
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-10-14 11:54 am By Andy Sidler

The Good Guys has admitted 21,000 customers were not provided with store credit within the timeframe specified in promotions, but denies the most customers never received the promised credit.

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AFL discrimination class action to face declassing bid
Class Actions 2024-10-14 10:11 am By Cat Fredenburgh

The AFL will seek to declass a representative proceedings brought on behalf of First Nations players, umpires and officials who were allegedly subject to racial vilification and discrimination.

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Johnson Winter Slattery recruits finance partner from Baker McKenzie
Business of Law 2024-10-14 10:14 am By Andy Sidler

Baker McKenzie has lost a corporate banking and finance expert with 20 years of experience to competitor Johnson Winter Slattery. 

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‘Audacious fraud’: Banks win $500M case against Forum Finance directors
Financial Services 2024-10-11 1:32 pm By Sam Matthews

Westpac and two other lenders have won their cases alleging they were scammed out of $500 million in loans to the Forum group of companies.

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Law firms warned about delay in filing competing Harvey Norman class actions
Class Actions 2024-10-11 3:37 pm By Sam Matthews

As two class actions against Harvey Norman try to hash out a deal before competing to run the litigation, a judge has issued a warning to other law firms mulling their own actions.

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1 or 21M: Australian Clinical Labs wants court’s take on OAIC’s data breach maths
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-10-11 11:35 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Australian Clinical Labs, which is facing regulatory action over a 2022 data breach, is fighting the information commissioner’s claim that it breached privacy laws 21.5 million times.

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United Petroleum dodges class action defence until security bid reheard
Class Actions 2024-10-11 11:27 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

United Petroleum and director Ari Silver can wait for the rehearing of a security for costs bid before filing defences to a franchisee class action alleging misleading conduct.

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Hawthorn denies telling player his wife should terminate pregnancy
Discrimination 2024-10-10 10:42 pm By Sam Matthews

The Hawthorn Football Club has denied racial discrimination claims by former player Cyril Rioli and others, including that it advised another player that his wife should terminate her pregnancy.

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Celebrity chef in hot water over alleged underpayments
Employment 2024-10-10 10:55 pm By Andy Sidler

The company and chef behind the former French Potts Point fine dining restaurant Metisse have been taken to court for allegedly underpaying two French employees. 

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