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Judge finds documents from Google’s ‘Oh Shit’ meeting relevant to penalty
ACCC 2021-08-16 5:18 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Google will have to hand over documents relating to its infamous ‘Oh Shit’ meeting to the ACCC, with a  judge finding the material was “sufficiently likely” to be relevant to any penalties the search giant will face for misleading consumers about use of their location data.

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Ex-gangland lawyer fined for misleading Legal Services Commissioner
Defteros Lawyers 2021-08-16 12:50 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

A Melbourne lawyer, who formerly represented gangland figures, has been reprimanded and fined $9,000, after a court found he recklessly misled the Victorian Legal Services Commissioner regarding his involvement in a de-facto relationship matter in which unsatisfactory professional conduct was allege

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ACCC says Google’s ‘Oh Shit’ meeting relevant to penalty in location privacy case
ACCC 2021-08-13 4:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The ACCC wants Google to produce documents related to its infamous ‘Oh Shit’ meeting, which the consumer regulator says will be relevant to the tech giant’s state of mind and the judge’s penalty in a case over representations to users about their location data.

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Christian Porter wants to block media from using secret parts of ABC defence
ABC 2021-08-13 9:47 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Liberal MP Christian Porter has asked a court to ensure Nine and News Corp. do not use secret portions of ABC’s defence to his defamation allegations, which the media giants accessed as intervenors in the former federal Attorney-General’s case.

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Ben Roberts-Smith says ex-wife lied to court about accessing his personal emails
Arthur Moses 2021-08-13 8:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A lawyer for accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith has told a judge his ex-wife did not honestly disclose whether she had given her close friend access to her former husband’s email account, and had misused his confidential and privileged information.

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Court throws out Merck Sharp & Dohme’s Januvia patent extension
Australian Government Solicitor 2021-08-12 2:29 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The Federal Court has dealt US drug giant Merck Sharp & Dohme a devastating blow, overturning an “untenable” patent term extension which would have protected the monopoly of its multibillion-dollar Januvia and Janumet diabetes drugs beyond July 2o22.

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Recovery concerns flagged in CBA class action
CBA 2021-08-12 2:48 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The applicant in a class action on behalf of hundreds of thousands of Colonial First State Investments customers has raised concerns about whether he can recover compensation from a CBA life insurance unit that was recently sold to a competitor.

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Ex-Maurice Blackburn lawyer not trying to dodge Qantas trial with hospital stay, judge says
Andrew Smorchevsky 2021-08-12 5:53 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A former Maurice Blackburn lawyer set to give evidence in a suit against Qantas was not “deliberately avoiding” the trial with an extended hospital stay, but “better evidence” was needed for why he was admitted, a judge has said.

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Forum directors funnelled millions to buy luxury cars, jewellery and racehorses, court told
Allens 2021-08-11 7:11 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Westpac has released further details of its fraud claim against Bill Papas, founder of the Forum Group of Companies, painting a picture of an elaborate scheme to misappropriate $254 million to buy real estate, jewellery, luxury cars, racehorses and European football teams.

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Baker McKenzie negligent in advising on Chinese lender’s failed Aussie launch, court hears
APRA 2021-08-11 3:57 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Baker McKenzie has been accused of negligence in a cross claim by Chinese lender Aoyin, which faces a lawsuit by accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers for unpaid fees over advice related to a failed bid to launch a bank in Australia.

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