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Public housing class action tossed, but judge gives applicant another shot
Class Actions 2024-05-03 4:18 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has granted the Victorian governmentā€™s bid to dismiss a class action over its decision to retire Melbourneā€™s high-rise public housing towers, but allowed the applicant to recast his claim, despite protests from the state.Ā 

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Qoin crypto issuer made misleading statements, court finds in win for ASIC
Cryptocurrency 2024-05-03 11:15 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A court has found Qoin cryptocurrency issuer BPS Financial made false and misleading claims about its product, in a win for the corporate regulator and a likely boost for a class action against the Gold Coast-based digital currency company.

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Judge questions ‘independent skill and judgment’ in third class action against IC Markets
Class Actions 2024-05-03 3:54 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has questioned the ā€œindependent skill and judgmentā€ applied to the pleading in a third class action filed against International Capital Markets over risky derivative products, amid a ā€œhot contest as to carriage and forumā€.

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Judge ā€˜outragedā€™ over NSW Policeā€™s delays in strip search class action
Class Actions 2024-05-03 4:10 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge hearing a class action against the New South Wales government and police commissioner over allegedly illegal strip searches at music festivals has criticised the state for failing to comply with court orders on time.Ā 

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7-Eleven defeats Seven Network’s opposition to ‘7-Select’ trade mark
Intellectual Property 2024-05-03 11:51 pm By Andy Sidler

Convenience chain 7-Eleven has defeated Seven Network’s challenge to its bid to trade mark ‘7-Select’ for a new brand of products targeting younger shoppers, with an IP Australia delegate finding consumer confusion was not likely.

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Monash Health sexual assault, family violence records compromised in data breach
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-05-03 11:34 pm By Andy Sidler

A cyberattack has compromised the confidential data of thousands of sexual assault and family violence victims who were patients of Monash Health clinics.

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7 years after judgment, NZ apartment class action group members havenā€™t been paid, court told
Class Actions 2024-05-03 3:42 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The lead plaintiff in a four-year-old class action against Zurich Insurance over a defective New Zealand apartment block has said the case ā€œhas to get movingā€, telling the court that property owners have not received payment since a $50 million judgment was awarded overseas in 2017.

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Retail Food Group to pay nothing to settle Michel’s Patisserie class action
Class Actions 2024-05-02 5:00 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The law firm and funder that ran a class action against Retail Food Group on behalf of current and former franchisees of its Michel’s Patisserie chain will be out of pocket, after the company agreed to a settlement under which it will pay nothing.

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With constitutional issue on cards, Full High Court to hear KPMG’s class action transfer push
Class Actions 2024-05-02 11:41 pm By Sam Matthews

The Full High Court will sit for the hearing of KPMGā€™s battle to transfer a Victoria class action to Sydney, as the applicant in the case raises a question as to the constitutional validity of the firm’s argument that the NSW Supreme Court is bound to keep a group costs order operative.Ā 

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PwC says it’s not liable for employeeā€™s alleged sexual harassment at Sydney bars
Employment 2024-05-02 2:53 pm By Sam Matthews

PricewaterhouseCoopers has struck back at claims in a Fair Work suit brought by a graduate associate, denying liability for the alleged sexual harassment by the womanā€™s manager at multiple Sydney bars.

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