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Brambles faces 2nd potential class action over rosy forecasts
Securities 2018-04-24 11:24 am By Christine Caulfield

Class action firm Slater & Gordon is preparing an investor class action against logistics company Brambles over alleged misstatements about revenue and sales growth for the 2017 financial year.

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Facebook rejects calls for regulation amid ACCC probe
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-04-24 12:03 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Facebook has struck back at calls for regulation of digital platforms that distribute news content, saying consumers stand to lose from regulatory meddling.

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Union can’t stall case over picketing at robo-terminal
Employment 2018-04-23 10:40 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has shot down a union bid to stall a lawsuit over picketing at the new ‘robo’ terminal in Port Melbourne pending the outcome of an appeal challenging the merger of the CFMEU with two other unions.

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ACCC delays announcement on WestConnex deal
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-04-23 10:38 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has delayed its decision on the proposed $2 billion acquisition of Sydney’s WestConnex toll road by the Sydney Transport Partners Consortium after requesting more information on the deal.

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Passenger sues Qantas over exploding headphones
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-04-23 10:19 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A seventy-eight-year-old man has taken Qantas to court over injuries allegedly suffered when headphones provided by the airline for in-flight entertainment exploded during a flight.

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ACCC to look at Uber Eats contracts
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-04-23 9:39 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The head of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said the regulator will scrutinise Uber Eats’ contracts with the restaurants that provide the food for its delivery service, in the wake of complaints from restaurants that the delivery service imposes unfair contract terms.

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Rio Tinto subsidiary appeals after IP Australia rejects mining patent
Intellectual Property 2018-04-23 6:51 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Rio Tinto subsidiary Technological Resources Pty Ltd is appealing a decision by IP Australia to refuse a patent application for a method of separating mined material that was deemed a “purely logistical process”.

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Clouds build as AMP faces three potential shareholder class actions
Class Actions 2018-04-23 6:06 pm By Miklos Bolza

Business litigation firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is examining a possible shareholder class action against AMP after the Royal Commission exposed damning revelations concerning the financial giant.

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Toll lawyer slams ‘rehash’ of landmark employment case
Employment 2018-04-20 10:26 pm By Miklos Bolza

A Toll freight handler who last year won the right to convert from a casual to full-time job in a precedent-setting ruling has taken the company to court again for not complying with the ruling, but a lawyer for Toll Transport on Friday argued the action was nothing but an attempt to relitigate the earlier case, which saw Toll pay $42,500 in penalties.

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Judge halts Kraft-Bega arbitration in US while Aussie case proceeds
Intellectual Property 2018-04-20 10:12 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has granted Bega’s request to halt US arbitration proceedings between the Australian food maker and Kraft over peanut butter trade dress rights until a related case in Federal Court is resolved.

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