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Nuix ex-CEO not entitled to ‘special treatment’, trial judge told
Contracts 2022-06-27 6:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The former boss of embattled tech company Nuix is asking for “special treatment” by arguing he is owed $183 million in options under a 2008 agreement, a judge has heard on the first day of trial in the ex-CEO’s case.

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‘Where are our rights?’: ASIC wants to be heard in privilege row over PwC report
Accounting 2022-06-27 2:57 pm By Sam Matthews

ASIC has renewed its bid to see a PricewaterhouseCoopers report commissioned by TerraCom in order to defend the coal mining company’s appeal of a judgment that found the regulator could view the report because of public statements made by the company.

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Google must pay indemnity costs for ‘untenable defences’ in Barilaro defamation case
Ashurst 2022-06-27 4:25 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has ordered that Google pay indemnity costs to former deputy premier of NSW John Barilaro, in addition to $7150,000 in damages over a “relentless, racist, vilificatory, abusive and defamatory campaign” by YouTube commentator Jordan Shanks that the tech giant “did nothing” to stop.

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Law firm fends off appeal in spat with ex-client over $24.5M development
Appeals 2022-06-27 11:21 pm By Christine Caulfield

Rigby Cooke has prevailed in an appeal by a former client that challenged a ruling for the law firm over a $24.5 million East Melbourne development.

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Former Sigma Healthcare exec gets 14 months for insider trading
ASIC 2022-06-27 9:33 pm By Christine Caulfield

A former Sigma Healthcare executive has been sentenced to a suspended term of 14 months’ in prison after pleading guilty to trading on insider information.

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Kumova extolled mining company in tweets then sold $24M in shares, defamation trial told
Barry Dean 2022-06-24 6:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Former Young Rich Lister Tolga Kumova sold $24 million worth of shares in mining company after publishing positive social media posts about its prospects, a court has heard in a defamation trial over allegations he engaged in insider trading and pumping and dumping. 

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ABC settles defamation suit over ‘Putin’s Patriots’
ABC 2022-06-24 4:46 pm By Christine Caulfield

The ABC has settled a lawsuit by the head of Russian motorcycle club Night Wolves over an allegedly defamatory Four Corners report.

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Merricks Capital secures undertakings from defecting employees
Arnold Bloch Leibler 2022-06-24 6:30 pm By Christine Caulfield

Melbourne-based hard assets investment manager Merricks Capital has won undertakings from its ex-managing director and two former employees who defected to an investment boutique run by financial commentator Peter Switzer and his son Marty. 

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FWC upholds ‘tragic’ sacking of Qantas engineer who refused COVID-19 vaccine
Aviation 2022-06-24 10:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Qantas’ termination of a long-serving engineer who refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19 because he “feared for his life” was a “tragedy” but not unlawful, the Fair Work Commission has found.

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Law firm scolded by judge for ‘highly unsatisfactory’ social media post in Kumova trial
Barry Dean 2022-06-23 9:53 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has pulled up a law firm over a tweet it published about defamation proceedings brought by investor Tolga Kumova, telling a barrister during the trial Thursday to counsel his instructing solicitors about the “highly unsatisfactory” social media post.

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