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New claims target GetSwift’s enterprise client announcement
Class Actions 2018-03-23 2:36 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Squire Patton Boggs has expanded its shareholder class action against GetSwift to include claims over statements the logistics software company made to shareholders regarding high-volume enterprise contracts.

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Zoetis faces class action over horse drug
Class Actions 2018-03-23 11:33 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Zoetis is facing a class action from horse owners who say the pharmaceutical company made misleading claims about its Hendra virus drug.

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DibbsBarker to close up shop following Dentons deal
Business of Law 2018-03-22 10:11 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

DibbsBarker is closing its doors after signing a deal that will see 17 partners and support staff move to Dentons, the world’s largest firm.

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ACCC to look at Facebook’s use of data
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2018-03-22 8:54 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The head of Australia’s consumer regulator says the agency will look at whether Facebook is misleading users about how it collects and uses their data, in light of revelations that millions of Facebook users unknowingly had their data harvested by political research firm Cambridge Analytica.

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Life insurer to refund customers $900K for cost of living increases
Financial Services 2018-03-22 3:52 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Life insurer TAL Direct Pty Ltd has agreed to refund 1,200 funeral insurance customers after telling ASIC it violated the terms of their policies by failing to turn off cost of living increases.

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Souvenir supplier sold fake Aboriginal art, ACCC says
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-03-22 1:16 pm By Christine Caulfield

The ACCC has accused an Aboriginal art and souvenir supplier of sourcing its products from Indonesia but falsely claiming they were made or hand painted in Australia by Indigenous people.

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ACCC won’t oppose Bayer, Monsanto deal
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-03-22 11:08 am By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will not oppose agricultural giant Bayer AG’s proposed $US66 billion acquisition of rival Monsanto Corporation, after Bayer agreed to divestitures to win approval from the European Commission.

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Woolworths wins appeal of FWC’s extension in unfair dismissal case
Employment 2018-03-21 9:46 pm By Christine Caulfield

A full bench of the Fair Work Commission on Wednesday overturned a decision extending the time allowed for a Woolworths’ employee to lodge an unfair dismissal case by 164 days, saying the commissioner was wrong to find acceptable three unacceptable reasons for such a delay.

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Judge strikes down Nationwide defence in Rush defamation case
Media 2018-03-21 2:59 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Actor Geoffrey Rush has won a bid to strike down one of Nationwide News’ defencesĀ  in a defamation case brought by the actor.

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Patent exhaustion debate may be headed for High Court
Intellectual Property 2018-03-21 2:01 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Printer cartridge seller Calidad may take its arguments over the exhaustion of patent rights to the High Court, the company told the Federal Court in its challenge to an infringement win for Japanese electronics giant Seiko Epson.

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