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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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Ford to face unconscionable conduct claim at marathon PowerShift trial
Class Actions 2019-01-24 3:16 pm By Miklos Bolza

Car giant Ford will face a claim of unconsionable conduct in a trial of a class action over its defective PowerShift transmission that is now scheduled to run twice as long as originally thought, but claims on behalf of second-hand Ford vehicle owners are out.

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Judge rules cattle gene patent can be amended, tosses ‘bizarre’ challenge
Intellectual Property 2019-01-23 9:26 pm By Miklos Bolza

US company Branhaven has won leave to amend its cow genome patent after a judge dismissed opposition by industry bodies Meat & Livestock Australia and Dairy Australia as “flimsy” and “bizarre”.

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GPS giants lost their way with ‘lifetime’ claims, ACCC says
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-01-23 9:24 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

GPS device makers TomTom, Navman and Garmin will no longer claim they offer users lifetime services, after the ACCC flagged the claims for beingĀ potentially false, misleading and deceptive.

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Clive Palmer can’t shut down ASIC’s criminal case over takeover law breaches
White Collar 2019-01-23 8:42 pm By Miklos Bolza

Clive Palmer has lost a fight to stay criminal proceedings alleging his company breached takeover laws, with a judge slamming the Queensland mining tycoon’s claims the charges were politically motivated and saying there was “nothing exceptional” to warrant interference from the 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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Leyonhjelm a no-show in Hanson-Young defamation appeal
Defamation 2019-01-23 3:31 pm By Miklos Bolza

Barristers for Senator David Leyonhjelm failed to turn up to the first case management hearing in the politician’s own appeal of the court’s dismissal of his bid to stay a defamation case brought by SenatorĀ Sarah Hanson-Young.

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Google fined ā‚¬50M by French regulator for privacy breaches
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2019-01-22 10:30 pm By Christine Caulfield

Google has been hit with a ā‚¬50 million ($79.5 million) fine by the French data protection watchdog, the largest penalty by a regulator under Europe’s beefed up privacy laws that came into effect last year.

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Frydenberg says not so fast on post-Hayne Commission reforms
Financial Services 2019-01-22 10:17 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said new laws may not be needed to remedy the cracks in theĀ  financial system laid bare during the Hayne Royal Commission.Ā 

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CFMMEU admits to Fair Work breaches in strike against Boral subsidiary
Employment 2019-01-22 9:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union has admitted to contravening the Fair Work Act by taking industrial action against a subsidiary of building materials giant Boral in an attempt to coerce the company into approving a new enterprise agreement.

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