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Snapchat looks to Aussie app developer in defence of US patent suit
Intellectual Property 2021-07-16 8:42 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Australian app developer Civi Corp must hand over documents that could help Snapchat in its defence against a US lawsuit alleging it infringed on patents for digital photograph technology, a court has ordered.

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Ponzi schemer who pretended to be a barrister wins resentencing
Justice Clifton Hoeben 2021-02-16 1:14 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen

A fraudster who robbed victims of $7.6 million by pretending to be a financial investor and barrister has had his jail sentence reduced from 16 years to 12, after a court of appeal heard his original sentence was “crushing” and did not reflect his guilty plea or lack of criminal record.

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Former MP Ian Macdonald gets conviction overturned
Energy & Natural Resources 2019-02-25 9:11 pm By Miklos Bolza

A five-member appeals panel in the NSW Supreme Court has overturned former NSW Labor Minister for Mineral Resources Ian Macdonald’s conviction for wilful misconduct of public office in relation to the Doyles Creek Mining scandal.

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