Media

Lottoland has commenced proceedings against the Australian Communications and Media Authority, after the watchdog found that the lottery website’s jackpot betting services, including US Millions and US Power, had breached Australian gambling laws.

The court has ordered Australia's biggest internet service providers to block seven websites from "ripping" audio files from music videos on YouTube, in what the judge described as "industrial scale copyright infringement".

Actor Geoffrey Rush has been awarded almost $2.9 million in damages following his successful defamation case against Daily Telegraph publisher Nationwide News, as the court hears the newspaper ignored an offer to settle for $50,000 and an apology.

Nine Entertainment Company has resolved a defamation lawsuit brought by a prominent Sydney cosmetic surgeon over an article that appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald about the death of a criminal figure during a nose job procedure.

A judge has scheduled a three-week trial to begin November 4 in a case brought by the corporate regulator against two directors of Tennis Australia over broadcast rights to the Australian Open, despite argument by a lawyer for one director that the timetable was "extremely tight".

Actor Geoffery Rush has accused the Daily Telegraph publisher Nationwide News of "doubling down" on its defamatory allegations and attacking the vindication he received in winning his defamation case against the publisher.

Orange Is The New Black star Yael Stone, who has accused Geoffrey Rush in interviews of lewd behaviour toward her, can be revealed as the witness who unsuccessfully sought to give evidence at trial in Rush's defamation case against Daily Telegraph publisher Nationwide News.

Bauer Consumer Media has won a five-year legal battle over Evergreen Television's Discover Downunder trade mark, with the Full Federal Court setting aside a prior IP Australia decision and deregistering the mark.

Former Tennis Australia director Harold Mitchell has denied allegations by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission that he breached his duties when awarding broadcasting rights for the Australian Open and other tournaments to the Seven Network in 2013.

Daily Telegraph publisher Nationwide News has appealed a $850,000 judgment against it in a defamation case brought by actor Geoffrey Rush, saying the judge who presided over the case was biased.