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Corestaff to pay $6.4M to settle class action by Papua New Guinea workers
Labour hire firm CoreStaff will pay $6.4 million to settle a class action accusing it of using the promise of long-term work to lure workers to Australia from Papua New Guinea, only to terminate their employment agreements less than three years after they made the move.
Viterra rejected $85M offer to settle Cargill lawsuit over Joe White sale
Grain producer Viterra, which has been ordered to pay $293 million to Cargill Australia for making misleading representations during the sale of malt producer Joe White, rejected an offer to settle the lawsuit for $85 million, a court has heard.
MCoBeauty drops ‘2000 hour’ eye makeup brand to settle trade mark suit
Cosmetics company MCoBeauty has reached a settlement with the maker of the popular 1000Hour Lash & Brow Dye kit in a case alleging  “deliberate and flagrant” trade mark and copyright infringement.
Abandoned IVF clinic merger no win for ACCC, judge says
The ACCC got what it wanted when IVF providers Virtus Health and Healius terminated a proposed $45 million merger, but it wasn't a win, a judge has said in mostly denying the regulator's bid to recover the costs of its court challenge to the deal.
Viterra hit with $124M in interest on top of $168.9M in damages owed to Cargill
Grain producer Viterra has been ordered to pay Cargill Australia $124 million in pre-judgment interest on top of the $168.9 million it was ordered to pay after a judge found it misrepresented the performance capabilities of Joe White during the $420 million sale of the malt producer.
ACCC weighs changing the law to rein in tech giants
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is considering whether new laws are needed to rein in Google, Apple and Facebook, including rules to curb self-preferencing conduct and strengthen the merger review framework.
Ford class action parties battle over potential appeal blowout
An appeal in a class action over Ford's alleged defective Powershift transmission could blow out by a week, with the applicant filing a cross appeal in a case that comes down to three provisions of the Australian Consumer law given little or no attention by the Full Court.
Mayfair’s ex-lawyers may fight claim that ‘flagrant incompetence’ led to court loss
Former legal representatives of companies in the Mayfair 101 group are considering an application to strike out part of an appeal that alleges their “flagrant incompetence” led to director James Mawhinney copping a 20-year ban on soliciting investor funds.
ACCC weighs ‘mix and match’ sell-off in Cargotec, Konecranes merger
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is weighing court enforceable undertakings proposed by Finnish cargo handling companies Cargotec and Konecranes to alleviate concerns their merger would be anticompetitive.
Lawyers plan second class action against Scenic Tours over disrupted European cruises
Scenic Tours is facing a potential second class action over a series of European cruises that went ahead in 2018 despite a record-breaking drought that saw river levels drop so low they became impassable.