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Pretty in pink: Priceline prevails in push to trade mark signature colour
Intellectual Property 2023-05-03 3:24 pm By Sam Matthews

Discount pharmacy Priceline has finally won its bid to trade mark its signature pink colour, a year after its application was rebuffed by IP Australia.

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No livestream for trial in wage cases against Coles, Woolworths
Employment 2023-04-28 2:51 pm By Christine Caulfield

A Federal Court judge has pulled the plug on a bid by the Fair Work Ombudsman for an upcoming trial in wage cases against supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths to be livestreamed like other hearings of public interest in the court.

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High Court grants special leave to Dick Smith execs
High Court 2023-04-21 11:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has agreed to hear the appeals of two former Dick Smith exes following judgments that awarded a total of $55 million in damages to NAB and the receivers of the defunct electronics retailer.

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Tyro customers to get 40% of settlement in EFTPOS outage class action
Class Actions 2023-04-21 4:22 pm By Christine Caulfield

Retailers represented in a class action against Tyro over an EFTPOS outage will get 40 per cent of a settlement with the fintech after a funding commission and fees are deducted.

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The Reject Shop hit with underpayments class action
Employment 2023-04-20 10:12 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Discount retail chain The Reject Shop has become the latest Australian company to be stung with an underpayments class action.

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Myer exec says she was fired for complaining about GM’s ‘belittling’ conduct
Employment 2023-04-19 1:53 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A sacked Myer executive has brought Fair Work proceedings against her former employer, seeking over $700,000 in compensation after she was allegedly unfairly dismissed for complaining about a general manager’s “belittling” conduct. 

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Law firm gets $50,000 bump in costs after breach finding in Romeo’s class actions
Class Actions 2023-03-09 5:15 pm By Sam Matthews

The fees of a class action firm found to have breached cost disclosure rules in running two underpayments class actions against supermarket chain Romeo’s have been adjusted up, after $260,000 was initially cut from the bill by the Federal Court.

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David Jones, Politix to back pay workers $4M in agreement with FWO
Employment 2023-02-24 11:08 pm By Christine Caulfield

Department store David Jones and men’s fashion label Politix have admitted underpaying more than 7,000 employees and will back-pay the workers $4 million in wages and superannuation.

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United Petroleum hit with franchisee class action over ‘unprofitable’ Pie Face stores
Class Actions 2023-02-02 10:21 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

United Petroleum has been hit with a class action on behalf of franchisees who allege they suffered loss when the petrol giant installed loss-making Pie Face stores at its franchise sites.

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FWO accuses Super Retail Group of underpaying employees $1.14M
Employment 2023-01-20 1:57 pm By Sam Matthews

The Fair Work Ombudsman has filed court proceedings against the owner of Super Cheap Auto, Rebel Sport, Macpac, BCF and Ray’s Outdoors for allegedly underpaying thousands of employees across Australia.

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