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Contingency fees will compromise lawyers’ ethics, peak legal body warns
Class Actions 2020-03-13 12:27 am By Christine Caulfield

The Law Council of Australia has come out against proposed Victorian legislation that would allow lawyers to charge contingency fees, saying lifting the current ban would compromise solicitorsā€™ ethical duties to their clients.

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ACCC review of Google’s Fitbit acquisition to look at data
Competition & Consumer Protection 2020-02-27 11:22 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has opened a formal review into whether Google’s $3 billion acquisition of fitness device company Fitbit will harm competition, including the potential impact of the search giant’s increased access to user data.

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Dick Smith class actions headed for March trial after mediation fails
Class Actions 2020-02-10 11:00 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Two shareholder class actions against failed electronics retailer Dick Smith will head to trial in March, after a failed attempt to resolve the long-running dispute in mediation.

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Former boss of music streaming platform Guvera disqualified for 2 years
Restructuring & Insolvency 2020-01-14 10:29 pm By Christine Caulfield

The head of failed global music streamer Guvera has been banned by the corporate regulator from managing corporations for two years for failing to avoid conflicts of interest or pay the company’s taxes.

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Lawyerly holiday publishing schedule
Article 2019-12-20 1:18 pm By Editor

In observance of the holidays, Lawyerly will be closed from December 23, 2019 to January 3, 2020. We will resume regular daily publishing on Monday, January 6. If you have any trouble accessing your Lawyerly account or have subscription enquiries during this time, please email subscriptions@lawyerly.com.au.

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Judge OKs $190M stolen wages class action settlement, says funder’s cut fair
Class Actions 2019-12-19 11:33 pm By Christine Caulfield

Calling it the largest human rights case in Australia’s history, a judge has signed off on a $190 million settlement in a class action against the State of Queensland and approved the funder’s 20 per cent cut of the proceeds.

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APRA puts conditions on CBA unit Avanteos after charging fees to dead clients
Financial Services 2019-12-11 11:16 pm By Christine Caulfield

CBA subsidiary Avanteos Investments Limited has been hit with extra conditions on its superannuation licence by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority after it was revealed the investment management firm charged fees to thousands of deceased superannuation members.

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On The Run faces potential wage underpayments class action
Employment 2019-12-10 11:04 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Petrol station convenience store chain On The Run is facing a possible class action over allegations that it has underpaid employees at over 145 stores throughout South Australia.

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Squire Patton Boggs defeats negligence case over $12.5M plant renovation dispute
Energy & Natural Resources 2019-12-09 5:19 pm By Miklos Bolza

Engineering firm GR Engineering Services has lost a negligence lawsuit brought against law firm Squire Patton Boggs seeking damages from an alleged breach of contract relating to the $12.5 million refurbishment of a gold processing plant in Davyhurst, Western Australia.

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Coles to pay $5.25M to Norco dairy farmers after ACCC investigation
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-12-05 4:28 pm By

Coles has agreed to pay about $5.25 million to dairy co-operative Norco after an investigation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission found the supermarket giant failed to pass on the full price rise it charged consumers for Coles-branded fresh milk as it promised to do.

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