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Crown folds in challenge to rejection of patent for new casino game
Crown Resorts 2023-04-06 5:34 pm By Christine Caulfield

Crown Melbourne has dropped its appeal of a decision by IP Australia that rejected the casino’s application for a patent covering a modified roulette game.

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Lehrmann says ABC defamed him with live broadcast of Higgins’ Press Club speech
ABC 2023-04-06 5:19 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has accused the Australian Broadcasting Corporation of a “contemptuous attempt” to prejudice the jury in a criminal trial over his alleged rape of former colleague Brittany Higgins in Parliament House.

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College’s enrolment practices should be ‘condemned’, Full Court says in ACCC win
ACCC 2023-04-06 4:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The Full Federal Court has upheld a finding that online educator Captain Cook College engaged in systemic unconscionable conduct by enrolling thousands of unsuitable students, who accrued $60 million in debt but never finished their courses. 

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Law firm gets interim $22.6M from J&J settlement, promises to return any excess
Alec Leopold 2023-04-06 3:15 pm By Christine Caulfield

Shine Lawyers can deduct 50 per cent of its fees and all of its costs from a $300 million settlement in pelvic mesh class actions against Johnson & Johnson while a judge mulls whether the law firm’s total bill is fair and reasonable.

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App store class action funder can’t see evidence in Epic’s case against Apple
Allens 2023-04-06 1:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The litigation funder bankrolling two competition class actions against Apple and Google has lost its bid to see evidence filed in a similar case by developer Epic Games, after concerns were raised about its potential use in overseas proceedings against Apple.

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Bruce Lehrmann files defamation case against the ABC
ABC 2023-04-05 11:58 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has filed defamation proceedings against the ABC, the third such lawsuit he has brought after suing Ten and a News Corp Unit over publications airing the rape allegations of his former colleague Brittany Higgins.

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Court OKs walk-away settlement with former RCR Tomlinson directors
Class Actions 2023-04-05 11:40 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A judge has approved a walk-away settlement with two former directors of RCR Tomlinson in a shareholder class action against the failed engineering company.

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Sydney silk reprimanded for alleged sexual harassment and workplace bullying
Construction 2023-04-05 11:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A leading construction and commercial law silk in Sydney has been subject to a reprimand by the NSW legal services commissioner for alleged sexual harassment and workplace bullying. 

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ChatGPT faces landmark defamation claim by Reserve Bank whistleblower
Defamation 2023-04-05 1:28 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT is facing a landmark defamation claim by Hepburn shire council mayor Brian Hood, alleging it incorrectly identified him as someone facing charges in a foreign bribery scandal rather than his role as whistleblower.

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‘Diligent’ silk not negligent in advice on lawsuit, judge says
Andrew Girgis 2023-04-05 12:53 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A solicitor and a Sydney silk have been cleared of allegations they gave negligent advice in an action against a law firm, with a judge finding the barrister was “diligent, thorough, careful and ethical”.

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