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Victoria’s Secret resolves lawsuit over knockoff body spray
Article 2019-04-10 11:23 am By Cat Fredenburgh

US lingerie company Victoria’s Secret has reached a settlement in a lawsuit over the sale of knockoff products that mimic the get-up of its trade marked body care products.

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Corner Hotel takes aim at Birdland partner jazz club with trade mark lawsuit
Intellectual Property 2019-04-08 1:54 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Melbourne-based pub and music venue The Corner Hotel has filed a trade mark lawsuit against a jazz club formed in partnership with iconic New York club Birdland, as it continues to do battle with McDonald’s for allegedly infringing its “Corner” trade marks.

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New laws target insolvent companies that try to dodge worker entitlements
Restructuring & Insolvency 2019-04-04 11:39 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Federal Parliament has passed laws that impose stricter penalties on company directors that try to shirk their duty to pay employee entitlements during an insolvency. 

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Live-streaming laws face criticism for being ‘rammed through’ parliament
Media 2019-04-04 10:48 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Social media companies will face criminal penalties for failing to promptly remove live-streaming of violent content under a harsh new law that whisked through the Federal Parliament in the wake of the Christchurch terrorist attack, but the world-first law has been slammed by Australia’s peak legal body.

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DP World, Hutchinson Ports, VICT to lose unfair contract terms following ACCC probe
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-04-02 12:14 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Container stevedore companies DP World Australia, Hutchison Ports Australia and Victoria International Container Terminal have agreed to change their standard form contracts with land transporters after the ACCC raised concerns that some terms of the agreements may violate the Australian Consumer Law.

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Ultra Tune to fight $2.6M fine for misleading franchisee, fabricating evidence
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-03-27 3:00 pm By Christine Caulfield

Ultra Tune is challenging a court ruling that socked it with a $2.6 million penalty in a case brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission alleging it misled a prospective franchisee about the costs of buying an outlet in Parramatta, Sydney and tried to cover up its conduct with “manufactured” evidence.

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New photo ID cards will limit right-of-entry abuses, Government says
Employment 2019-03-26 10:50 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Right of entry permits will soon be issued in photo ID format, in an effort to curb what the Federal Government has called abuse by “militant” union officials.

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Federal Court gets $35M increase to tackle white collar crime
White Collar 2019-03-24 10:06 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Federal Court has been given exclusive jurisdiction over white collar criminal matters, with an additional $35 million in funding coming its way to mange the expanded caseload.

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Jewellery retailer Pandora admits misleading customers over refund rights
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-03-22 11:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

Jewellery brand Pandora has admitted it misled customer about ther rights to get a refund on faulty items and may have breached consumer laws, the watchdog said Friday.

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Class actions in NSW Supreme Court do not require plaintiffs to have a claim against all defendants
Expert Insights 2019-03-21 9:17 pm By Christine Caulfield

In a first for the NSW Supreme Court, Judge Peter Garling last week found that the plaintiff in a class action does not need to have a claim against all defendants, a case that could make life much easier for plaintiff lawyers, says barrister Daniel Meyerowitz-Katz of Second Floor Wentworth Chambers.clas

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