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With truth on its side, Nine's defeat of soldier Ben Roberts-Smith's lawsuit was a huge win for investigative journalism in Australia, but while it might make lawyers blink before bringing defamation cases, the victory is not a game-changer, experts say.
Buy now, pay later giant Zip Co has successfully defended a lawsuit over its use of Firstmac's 'Zip' trade mark and won its bid to have the mortgage provider’s mark removed for non-use.
One Nation senator Pauline Hanson has told a court her social media post calling on Greens deputy leader Dr Mehreen Faruqi to "piss off back to Pakistan" was not based on race or ethnicity.
BHP has admitted it underpaid mine workers $430 million for over a decade by improperly deducting leave for public holidays.
Payment giant Visa has lost an application for a patent covering a way to transfer assets between banks, with an IP Australia delegate saying the invention uses generic computer technology and is not patentable.
The Tax Practitioners Board says that PricewaterhouseCoopers ignored its request for the names of nine partners put on leave in the wake of the tax leak scandal that has rocked the firm, with the regulator saying former executive Peter Collins was not the only partner who misused confidential information.
The Federal Court's recently retired top judge has landed on his feet with his appointment by the court as referee to determine which of a group of competing firms should dole out a $300 million settlement that resolved the J&J pelvic mesh class actions.
A company backed by private equity giant TPG which was allegedly fooled into paying part of a $1 billion deal to the wrong company wants default judgment in a case against the accused scammer, but a judge has raised doubts about attempts to serve the lawsuit.
A class action of bond holders accusing Virgin Australia of failing to disclose its true financial position in a 2019 prospectus for a capital raising wants a contentious indemnity clause in the airline's DOCA narrowed, in proceedings a judge has said “increasingly resemble a farce".
Racing NSW has won access to documents that concern an alleged plan by its Victorian counterpart to exclude it from the thoroughbred racing industry as part of an alleged anti-competitive agreement with four other states.