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Concert promoter loses appeal against TEG Live over One Direction tour
A Sydney concert promoter has lost his appeal against former Nine unit TEG Live, with an appeals court agreeing that his idea to promote a 2013 Australian tour by English-Irish boy band One Direction was not ‘unique’ enough to be confidential information. 
Higgins told ‘bald faced lies’ to save her job, court told as Lehrmann trial wraps
On the final day of trial in Bruce Lehmann's defamation case against Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson, barrister for the former Liberal staffer told the court his colleague Brittany Higgins falsely accused him of rape to avoid being sacked.
Judge doubts Lehrmann’s ‘implausible’ evidence he was working at time of alleged rape
A judge hearing the final day of Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation trial against Network Ten and presenter Lisa Wilkinson has expressed his doubt at the plausibility of the former Liberal staffer’s evidence that he was working on Question Time briefs at the time he allegedly raped Brittany Higgins.
Directed Electronics wins $168.5M in Hanhwa trade secrets case
Automotive electronics company Directed Electronics has won a $168.5 million award after a judge found its former manager and South Korean giant Hanhwa engaged in a "reprehensible" trade secrets theft.
ASIC loses novel case against Zurich over claims handling
In a victory for Zurich Australia, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has lost its first-ever civil penalty case alleging an insurer failed to act with utmost good faith during claims handling.
Kerry Stokes can’t see Fairfax’s itemised legal bill in Ben Roberts-Smith case
Billionaire Kerry Stokes has lost his challenge to paying in lump sum Fairfax's legal fees in defending Ben Roberts-Smith’s failed defamation case over war crimes allegations, having argued for an itemised bill after the Seven West Media chair agreed to foot the costs on an indemnity basis.
In second securities class action failure in two days, IOOF shareholders lose out
A judge has dismissed a securities class action against Insignia Financial, formerly known as IOOF, in the second judgement in two days to find no loss to shareholders.
Noumi can’t shield lawyer’s evidence in privilege claim over Ashurst, PwC docs
Noumi has largely lost its bid to shield from a class action parts of its inhouse counsel’s evidence supporting a privilege claim over 3,000 documents seen by Ashurst and PricewaterhouseCoopers during an investigation into the company's financial position.
Lehrmann ‘plied’ Higgins with alcohol on night of alleged rape, says lip reader
A lip reading expert has given evidence of his interpretation of CCTV footage at a bar on the night Bruce Lehrmann allegedly raped Brittany Higgins, saying he "encouraged" her to finish drinks, a claim the former Liberal staffer has denied.
Reynolds’ chief of staff refused orders to make report of Higgins incident, court told
Senator Linda Reynolds' former chief of staff Fiona Brown has told a court she refused directions from two ministers to make a report to federal police, saying Brittany Higgins had not yet alleged she was sexually assaulted by fellow Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann and that the ministers were "covering themselves".