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ASIC expands case against Rio Tinto
Energy & Natural Resources 2018-05-01 11:21 am By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has broadened its case against Rio Tinto and two former executives and is seeking extra penalties.

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Judge fines software developer $4.3M in copyright battle
Intellectual Property 2018-04-30 11:30 pm By Christine Caulfield

A Federal Court judge has ordered software development company Sea-Tech Automation to pay $4.3 million in a copyright case over a computer program for a drink monitoring system.

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AMP’s Salter denies misconduct, says he learnt of ousting from ASX
Legal Ethics 2018-04-30 9:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

AMP’s general counsel Brian Salter says he did not know he was sacked until he read the company’s announcement to the Australian Stock Exchange on Monday morning.

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StatePlus employment case could get “ugly” at trial, judge warns
Employment 2018-04-30 8:19 pm By Miklos Bolza

An employment dispute between financial advisory StatePlus and former program and project manager Mark Lawson has been ordered into mediation, with a Federal Court Judge saying the case could be “very ugly” if it went to trial.

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Transgender woman keeps name secret in Daily Telegraph case
Media 2018-04-30 6:44 pm By Miklos Bolza

The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal has agreed to suppress the name of a transgender woman taking legal action against Nationwide News, which has been accused of “vilifying” transgender people in a Daily Telegraph article.

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ACCC calls for mandatory dairy code of conduct
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-04-30 3:22 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Australia’s consumer regulator has called for a mandatory code of conduct to address the power imbalances along the dairy supply chain, a move opposed by dairy processors.

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Brennar resigns, GC out amid Clayton Utz report controversy
Financial Services 2018-04-30 12:01 pm By Christine Caulfield

AMP’s chairwoman Catherine Brennar has resigned and the firm’s general counsel has left, as the company faces possible criminal charges for misleading the corporate regulator over its decade-long practice of charging undue fees to clients.

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Judge invalidates Encompass’ software patents
Intellectual Property 2018-04-27 11:27 pm By Miklos Bolza

Financial software company Encompass Corp., which lost its patent infringement case against technology firm InfoTrack, and lost its patents in the process, should pay just 30% of InfoTrack’s costs, the Federal Court has been told.

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AMP could face criminal charges, Royal Commission hears
Financial Services 2018-04-27 11:24 pm By Christine Caulfield

AMP could be hit with criminal charges after counsel assisting the Royal Commissioner said Friday evidence before the commission had shown the wealth management firm may have broken the law when it charged fees for no service, lied about the practice to ASIC, and presented a heavily-edited Clayton Utz report to the corporate regulator as independent.

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Ex-CEO of Snowy 2.0 project says warrants in bribery case ‘defective’
White Collar 2018-04-27 10:41 pm By Miklos Bolza

The former CEO of the lead contractor on the Snowy Hydro 2.0 project now facing corruption charges was the target of Australian Federal Police search warrants that were “too broad” to be sufficient, the Federal Court was told on Friday.

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