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Twitter ordered to hand over details of popular ‘PRGuy’ account
Chief Justice Debra Mortimer 2022-06-07 11:02 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Federal Court has ordered social media giant Twitter to produce information related to a user on the platform who goes by the name PRGuy.

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Nuix says ex-CEO’s claim off by $140M, but Macquarie director must front court to explain
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-06-06 4:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A former Nuix director appointed by Macquarie Bank must give evidence in person as the embattled tech company argues a claim brought by its former CEO is off by $140 million.

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BSA wants to ringfence capital raisings from $20M class action settlement
Class Actions 2022-06-06 4:21 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Telco contractor BSA has sued for declarations that cash raised from its 2022 prospectus cannot go towards a $20 million settlement reached with group members in a Shine Lawyers-led class action accusing the company of misclassifying its workforce of technicians as independent contractors.

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Google must pay $715,000 to Barilaro over YouTube videos, may face contempt charge
Ashurst 2022-06-06 11:27 am By Sam Matthews

A judge has ordered that Google pay $715,000 to former deputy premier of NSW John Barilaro 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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Claims against Macquarie Leasing dropped in ANZ flex commissions class action
ANZ 2022-06-06 12:26 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Macquarie Leasing has been let off the hook in a class action alleging that a flex commissions scheme by ANZ’s former car finance business encouraged dealers to set car loan rates far in excess of base rates in exchange for large kickbacks.

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Solicitor’s defamation case against Victoria’s State Revenue Office revived
Chief Justice James Allsop 2022-06-06 6:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A former solicitor at the Victorian state revenue office who was dismissed after alleged sexual harassment and “scandalous staring” has won his appeal in a defamation case against the Victorian government, with the case being sent to a judge for trial.

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Pitcher Partners wants $127M Twigg family lawsuit heard in Victoria
Contracts 2022-06-03 4:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Pitcher Partners has filed a bid to transfer a $127 million lawsuit brought by the Twigg family alleging the accounting firm helped Max Twigg misappropriate $127.8 million in family trust money for himself.

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Property developer Sasha Hopkins to face ASIC grilling
ASIC 2022-06-03 5:13 pm By Sam Matthews

Embattled property developer Sasha Hopkins will face a compulsory examination by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission over the activities of his company A Team Property Group.

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Judge refuses to toss infringement claims over mining tool patents
Andrew Fox 2022-06-03 9:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

WA manufacturer Rock Tool Refurbishment Solutions has lost its bid to throw out patent infringement claims by global mining equipment company CME, with a judge saying he was not satisfied the allegations had no reasonable prospects of success.

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Class action settlement with IPO Wealth trustee ‘a lot less’ than investors’ claims, court told
Class Actions 2022-06-02 6:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Investors in Mayfair Group’s collapsed IPO Wealth Fund stand to recoup “a lot less” than their alleged $67 million in losses from a settlement in a class action alleging the fund’s trustee misled the unit holders — but they will take home 75 per cent of the resolution sum, a court has heard.

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