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Cooperation not irrelevant in class action beauty parades, appeals court says
Appeals 2024-10-15 11:21 pm By Sam Matthews

An appeals court has backed a decision awarding carriage of a shareholder class action against Downer EDI to two firms that joined their cases, rejecting an argument that it would encourage races to consolidate.

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Aristocrat seeks High Court do-over on Lightning Link patents
Appeals 2024-10-15 11:15 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Aristocrat has asked the High Court to rule once and for all on whether its popular Lightning Link game is patentable, after a differently comprised court was evenly split on the question.

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Lawyer found to have misled court should be struck from roll: tribunal
Business of Law 2024-10-15 11:03 pm By Andy Sidler

A solicitor who was found to have made misleading statements to the court, a judge’s associate and another lawyer should be struck from the roll, a tribunal has found.

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‘Australia’s most hated man’: Lehrmann entitled to clear name, court told
Defamation 2024-10-14 11:21 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Bruce Lehrmann is probably “Australia’s most hated man” and should not have to pay $200,000 in security to appeal a defamation judgment that found he raped former colleague Brittany Higgins, a judge has heard.

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Super Retail gets second chance to black out terms of settlement with top execs
Employment 2024-10-14 11:01 pm By Christine Caulfield

Super Retail Group can bring an appeal in its fight to suppress parts of a settlement two executives allege they reached after they were fired.

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‘Audacious fraud’: Banks win $500M case against Forum Finance directors
Financial Services 2024-10-11 1:32 pm By Sam Matthews

Westpac and two other lenders have won their cases alleging they were scammed out of $500 million in loans to the Forum group of companies.

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Law firms warned about delay in filing competing Harvey Norman class actions
Class Actions 2024-10-11 3:37 pm By Sam Matthews

As two class actions against Harvey Norman try to hash out a deal before competing to run the litigation, a judge has issued a warning to other law firms mulling their own actions.

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1 or 21M: Australian Clinical Labs wants court’s take on OAIC’s data breach maths
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-10-11 11:35 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Australian Clinical Labs, which is facing regulatory action over a 2022 data breach, is fighting the information commissioner’s claim that it breached privacy laws 21.5 million times.

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Seven wants Spotlight reporter’s ‘salacious’ claims kept out of the media
Employment 2024-10-11 3:20 pm By Andy Sidler

Seven has sought a suppression order over former Spotlight reporter Amelia Saw’s workplace claim against the TV network, arguing publicity would impede settlement negotiations. 

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Commonwealth can’t argue sailors failed to mitigate loss in Navy class action
Class Actions 2024-10-11 11:32 pm By Sam Matthews

In a fight over damages owed to sailors in a class action against the Defence Department, a judge has said the Commonwealth can’t argue certain group members failed to mitigate their losses.

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