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Ben Roberts-Smith appeals after court finds he committed war crimes
Appeals 2023-07-11 3:27 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Former SAS corporal Ben Roberts-Smith has filed an appeal after he lost his defamation case against Nine-owned Fairfax in a ruling that found he committed murder in Afghanistan and was not a reliable witness. 

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Downer EDI class actions call for stay of rival cases in four-way fight
Class Actions 2023-07-11 5:13 pm By Christine Caulfield

The applicants in competing class actions against Downer EDI have set out their proposals for the courts overseeing the cases, with two calling for orders staying the proceedings of their rivals, and another seeking consolidation.

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‘Commercial nonsense’ ruling shot down in AMP lease dispute
Christopher Burch 2023-07-11 10:16 pm By Gareth Baker Sydney

Willis Australia has won an appeal against its landlord, AMP Capital, with a court ruling the insurance broker is entitled to withdraw notice it gave in December 2019 to renew its office lease. 

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Google must produce details of email sender to disendorsed Labor candidate
Defamation 2023-07-11 2:55 pm By Gareth Baker Sydney

A court has ordered Google to provide former Victorian Labor candidate Nurul Khan with account information and IP addresses relating to an anonymous email sent to the ALP last November, which led to his disendorsement by the party just two weeks before the state election. 

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Lawyer says reconvening Robodebt class action right way to compensate victims
Class Actions 2023-07-10 11:21 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A lawyer behind a settled class action against the previous government’s Robodebt disaster has called for the case to be reconvened in the wake of a report that blasted the “crude and cruel” scheme, as Government Service Minister Bill Shorten suggests victims could sue individual Coalition ministers.

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Mining magnate Gina Rinehart can’t fight use of arbitration docs as trial in family feud begins
Appeals 2023-07-10 3:44 pm By Gareth Baker Sydney

Hancock Prospecting can’t challenge an order that documents produced in arbitration are fair game, as the mining company’s chief, Gina Rinehart, battles her children in a trial over ownership of a valuable tenement set to start Monday.

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Hytera appeals ruling it stole Motorola’s code, copied computer programs
Appeals 2023-07-10 5:36 pm By Christine Caulfield

Chinese radio manufacturer Hytera has launched an appeal of a ruling that it misappropriated the source code of US mobile phone giant Motorola in a case of “substantial industrial theft”.

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Care A2 loses bid for freezing order in case against Sports Flick exec
Acting Justice Carolyn Simpson 2023-07-10 3:06 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Infant formula maker Care A2 Plus has lost a bid for a freezing order against the former chief financial officer of Sports Flick as it appeals a finding she had no involvement in a fellow executive’s “deceitful” scheme over a $5 million World Cup streaming deal. 

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Monster Energy says patent for branded pull tabs invention not valid
Food and Beverage 2023-07-10 4:38 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Monster Energy has hit back at an inventor’s claim it infringed his intellectual property by using his method for laser-etched branded pull tabs on cans, saying the invention is obvious.

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Data brokers in ACCC’s sights over info harvesting
ACCC 2023-07-10 4:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has set its sights on data brokers such as Equifax and Corelogic amid concerns about harms to consumers from their information collecting practices.

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