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Uber looks to trim taxi driver class action
Class Actions 2023-02-10 4:36 pm By Sam Matthews

Uber wants to trim a class action by taxi and hire drivers in four states over the introduction of UberX, saying the case lacks coherence.

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CIMIC Group unit to pay $438,000 to settle underpayments class action
Class Actions 2023-02-09 3:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

UGL Limited has agreed to pay $438,000 to settle a class action accusing the engineering company of underpaying casual aluminium construction and manufacturing workers over a three year-period.

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Barrister found in contempt for repping sons without certificate, but spared conviction
Legal Ethics 2023-02-09 11:11 pm By Christine Caulfield

A Victorian barrister has been found guilty of contempt of court for representing her sons despite an order barring her from legal practice, but a judge dismissed a call by the legal watchdog to record a criminal conviction, saying the lawyer had not been deliberately defiant.

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Shaw & Partners advisors barred from contacting Fortrend clients
Financial Services 2023-02-09 4:23 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Stock broker Fortrend Securities has secured an order prohibiting two former advisors from contacting their old clients while they litigate a dispute alleging the advisors conspired with Shaw & Partners to poach customers.

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India can’t have trade mark for Basmati rice, IP Australia says
Intellectual Property 2023-02-09 11:24 pm By Sam Matthews

The Indian government has lost a bid to register a trade mark for the word ‘Basmati’, after an IP Australia delegate found rice growers outside of India had an “equally valid claim” to use the term.

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Full Court triples ‘manifestly inadequate’ penalty against Employsure
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-02-08 11:34 am By Cindy Cameronne

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has won its appeal against Employsure over alleged misleading Google advertisements, with the Full Federal Court upping the penalty against the specialist workplace relations consultancy from $1 million to $3 million.

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Crypto class action members ‘wholly unprotected’ by self-repped applicant, Meta says
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-02-02 11:20 pm By Christine Caulfield

Arguing the interests of the self-represented applicant and group members are in conflict, Meta and Google are urging a court to shut down a class action accusing the digital giants of breaching competition law by banning cryptocurrency ads on their platforms.

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Shaw & Partners conspired with defecting Fortrend advisors to steal clients, suit says
Employment 2023-01-31 5:13 pm By Sam Matthews

Stock broker Fortrend Securities has filed a suit alleging wealth manager Shaw & Partners sent unsolicited welcome letters to clients as part of a scheme involving two former advisors.

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Judge ‘confused’ by ACCC’s rejection of $1.8B Telstra, TPG mobile network deal
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-01-30 4:49 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The ACCC’s rejection of a regional network arrangement between Telstra and TPG was “confusing” and the telecos might be free to vary the transaction, says a judge who is overseeing a challenge to the competition regulator’s decision.

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth practice leader defects to rival, taking team of six
Business of Law 2023-01-18 4:21 pm By Sam Matthews

A Corrs Chambers Westgarth veteran known for his work defending the Catholic Church has left the law firm for rival Wotton + Kearney, taking with him a number of senior associates as well as the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne.

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