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Nuix takes insurers to court over coverage for legal bills
Insurance 2024-10-17 11:29 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Nuix has taken a slew of insurers to court seeking coverage of legal bills incurred in defending multiple class actions and proceedings by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

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Collectable car dealer defeats ATO in High Court fight over lux car tax
Tax 2024-10-17 1:53 pm By Sam Matthews

A collectable car dealer who operated his Gosford business using a ‘museum concept’ has won a High Court victory in a dispute with the ATO over whether he should be on the hook for luxury car tax.

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Ex-Aristocrat design head to pay up for copying docs containing trade secrets
Intellectual Property 2024-10-16 11:52 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Gaming giant Aristocrat has settled a suit brought against its former head of design, who admitted to copying a “substantial” number of documents containing the company’s sensitive trade secrets.

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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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Treasury Wine to pay $65M to settle long-running class action
Class Actions 2024-10-14 9:35 am By Christine Caulfield

Treasury Wine Estates has agreed to pay $65 million to settle a shareholder class action that was set down for a seven-week trial beginning Monday.

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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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‘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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Celebrity chef in hot water over alleged underpayments
Employment 2024-10-10 10:55 pm By Andy Sidler

The company and chef behind the former French Potts Point fine dining restaurant Metisse have been taken to court for allegedly underpaying two French employees. 

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Full Court asked to clarify ‘authorised rep’ in ASIC crypto appeal
Cryptocurrency 2024-10-10 2:48 pm By Sam Matthews

ASIC has appealed a decision in its mostly successful case against the issuer of the Qoin crypto coin, challenging an “important” finding on authorised representatives of AFSL holders. 

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