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ASIC drops criminal probe into AMP over fees for no service conduct
Financial Services 2021-07-16 2:24 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has dropped its criminal investigation of AMP over its fees-for-no-service conduct which was aired during the banking royal commission.

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NT government settles detention centre class action, wants payout kept secret
Class Actions 2021-07-16 12:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Northern Territory government has reached a settlement in a class action brought on behalf of NT youth detainees seeking compensation for alleged race discrimination and human rights abuses.

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GetSwift to resolve shareholder class action in ‘creative’ settlement
Class Actions 2021-07-16 10:00 am By Christine Caulfield

GetSwift has reached an agreement to settle a shareholder class action accusing the logistics company of misleading statements over contracts, avoiding a trial that was set to begin in two months.

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Forum Group director stuck overseas after testing positive for COVID-19, court hears
Financial Services 2021-07-15 10:01 pm By Miklos Bolza

The director of the Forum Group companies accused of a $360 million fraud involving at least three major banks can’t return to Australia from Greece because he has COVID-19, his lawyer has told the Federal Court.

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Culture Kings hits back at Mike Tyson lawsuit over ‘misleading’ t-shirts
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-07-15 7:25 pm By Bianca Hrovat

Australian streetwear retailer Culture Kings has hit back at a lawsuit by former world boxing champion and self-proclaimed “baddest man on the planet” Mike Tyson, denying allegations that it misled customers by using his image on its t-shirts. 

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Minetek wants lawyers to hand over USB devices as its mulls lawsuit against ex-employee
Emma Bathurst 2021-07-15 6:47 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Global mine technology company Minetek is considering a lawsuit against a former employee who may have unlawfully used confidential company information, a court has heard.

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IP Australia accuses judge of ‘impermissible gloss’ on patent term extension law
Appeals 2021-07-15 5:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne

IP Australia has appealed a ruling granting drug company Ono Pharmaceutical a patent extension for a cancer immunotherapy drug, calling it an “impermissible gloss” on the Patents Act that is at odds with the law’s purpose.

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$190M may be available to class action under Fairview’s insurance
Class Actions 2021-07-15 2:06 pm By Miklos Bolza

Cladding manufacturer Fairview Architectural may have $190 million in insurance to cover the claims in a class action over its allegedly combustible cladding products.

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BlueScope cartel judge gives ‘hybrid’ hearings low marks as COVID-19 scrambles trial plans
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-07-29 1:17 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

When trial begins next month in the ACCC’s cartel case against BlueScope Steel, the parties will all appear by video, with a judge saying “hybrid” hearings – where some parties are in court and others appear by video – were “unsatisfactory”.

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Trial in Ben Roberts-Smith case may move from Sydney as COVID-19 lockdown drags on
Trials 2021-07-14 10:11 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Trial in the defamation case by war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith against Nine may face additional delays or be transferred out of Sydney after the NSW Government extended the city’s COVID-19 restrictions by two weeks.

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