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Litigation funder wins access to docs in parking patent dispute against City of Melbourne
Intellectual Property 2020-06-12 9:19 pm By Miklos Bolza

The funder backing a patent lawsuit by tech firm Vehicle Management Systems over an invention used by the City of Melbourne to time parked vehicles has been granted extended access to discovered documents in the proceedings.

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Former Beem It boss drops lawsuit against payments fintech, CBA
Employment 2020-06-12 12:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

The former CEO of Beem It has discontinued her legal claims against the payments fintech co-owner, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, only days after naming the bank in her lawsuit alleging workplace breaches.

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Judge appoints receiver, not liquidator to hotel to avoid COVID-19 misunderstanding
Restructuring & Insolvency 2020-06-12 12:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

To avoid a creditor panic in the midst of the COVID-19 health crisis, the NSW Supreme Court has appointed a receiver instead of a liquidator to a rural hotel that is the centre of a deadlocked shareholder dispute over more than $2.7 million.

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Not enough liquidators to respond to a wave of COVID-19 insolvencies, ASIC warns
Restructuring & Insolvency 2020-06-11 8:20 pm By Alison Eveleigh

There may not be enough registered liquidators in Australia to respond to a possible wave of COVID-19 insolvencies, the Australian Securities and Investment Commission has warned.

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‘Blatant and disgraceful’: Lawyer who stole from clients gets 6 years in prison
Legal Ethics 2020-06-11 5:59 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has sentenced a Melbourne-based lawyer to six years in prison for stealing and misusing over $1.7 million in client funds, saying his conduct had “brought the legal profession into disrepute”.

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Company used COVID-19 as a coverup for pay cut, lawsuit claims
Employment 2020-06-11 5:06 pm By Alison Eveleigh

A leading workplace law firm has launched a landmark test case against a Victorian finance company and its CEO, alleging that they unlawfully slashed an employee’s salary by 80 per cent under the guise of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Forcing Google, Facebook to pay for news could run afoul of High Court ruling, IP experts say
Media 2020-06-11 4:59 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A group of IP lawyers has warned the Government will have to proceed carefully in establishing a mandatory code under which Google and Facebook would be forced to pay news publishers for content, saying such a move could be struck down under existing High Court precedent.

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Ex-CFO hit with market manipulation charges
White Collar 2020-06-11 3:51 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The former chief financial officer of delisted traditional therapy clinic company Traditional Therapy Clinics has been charged with multiple counts of market manipulation and fraud for engaging in share transactions designed to create an artificial price for the company’s share price.

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Ozcare worker says mandatory flu vaccines discriminate against her
Employment 2020-06-11 2:18 pm By Miklos Bolza

An employee from not-for-profit aged care health provider Ozcare who claims the company discriminated against her through its mandatory flu vaccine policies has had her case thrown out of the Fair Work Commission.

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Insurer may get dragged into pelvic mesh class action
Class Actions 2020-06-11 12:46 pm By Alison Eveleigh

A class action brought against three medical device manufacturers and a disgraced former doctor on behalf of thousands of women who claim to have suffered lifelong complications from pelvic mesh implants is seeking to add the doctor’s medical insurance company to the proceedings.

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