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Financial adviser gets 10 years for using clients’ funds ‘as he pleased’
White Collar 2019-03-15 10:08 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A former financial advised has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for doing ‘as he pleased’ with $5 million in client funds that were earmarked for superannuation investments.

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Harry Triguboff’s Meriton sues NSW premier over Macquarie Park tower
Real Estate 2019-03-14 11:54 pm By Christine Caulfield

Billionaire property developer Harry Triguboff is taking NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian to court in his fight for approval of a controversial tower in Macquarie Park, Sydney.

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Queensland floods class action defendants must live with their decision on expert reports, judge says
Class Actions 2019-03-14 11:48 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The judge overseeing the marathon Queensland floods class action has shot down a request by the defendants to submit new expert flood modeling reports, saying the “sophisticated litigants” would have to live with their earlier decision to pass on the chance to submit evidence in response to new reports by the plaintiff’s expert.

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Retail Food Group slammed as ‘particularly unjust’ in damning franchise report
Franchises 2019-03-14 11:00 pm By Christine Caulfield

A parliamentary report released Thursday recommended major reform to the $170 billion franchise industry and called on three government agencies to probe franchise giant Retail Food Group and its top executives for potential insider trading, tax evasion and other unlawful conduct.

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JustKapital founder may drag Corrs Chambers Westgarth into $1M dispute
Business of Law 2019-03-14 10:54 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The founder of JustKapital is considering adding Corrs Chambers Westgarth to a lawsuit he brought seeking nearly $1 million allegedly owed as part of a deal he made to step down as managing director from the litigation funder.

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Mills Oakley helped uncover client’s false evidence, court hears
Intellectual Property 2019-03-14 7:49 pm By Miklos Bolza

A top executive at railway technology company Wavetrain has been referred to the Commonwealth Attorney General for possible criminal proceedings after its solicitors at Mills Oakley worked with opposing counsel to uncover false evidence he provided in a consumer case centered on the company’s railway patents.

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Secret recording prolongs ACCC, Ramsay Health trial
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-03-14 7:15 pm By Miklos Bolza

The trial in the ACCC’s case against hospital group Ramsay Health Care has doubled in length after the regulator made a late bid to enter as evidence a file note based on a sound recording of a meeting in which a Ramsay unit’s CEO allegedly made anti-competitive threats.

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ANZ class action settlement won’t even cover IMF Bentham’s costs
Class Actions 2019-03-14 4:17 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

ANZ has reached a settlement in long-running class action proceedings alleging it hit customers with illegal fees, but the $1.5 million payout falls far short of the many millions IMF Bentham spent in funding the matter.

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Kathmandu customer data may have been stolen during system breach
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2019-03-13 10:38 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Customer credit card information and other personal details may have been stolen during a breach of Kathmandu’s online system, the outdoor clothing retailer has revealed.

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Judge calls for criteria to pick winner in competing class action battles
Class Actions 2019-03-13 9:43 pm By Christine Caulfield

The courts should be given express statutory power to resolve competing class actions that establishes the factors to consider when picking a winning case, a leading class action judge has said.

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