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Netcomm Wireless settles Corning’s patent suit over NBN tech
Intellectual Property 2018-06-18 3:16 pm By Christine Caulfield

NetComm Wireless has settled a suit brought by Corning Optical Communications alleging broadband technology used in the National Broadband Network rollout infringes on an innovation patent.

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Law firm can’t put ‘parasitic’ rival on hook for GetSwift costs
Class Actions 2018-06-15 8:56 pm By Miklos Bolza

Squire Patton Boggs, one of the losing law firms in the GetSwift class action beauty contest, has lost again, this time in its fight to have winning firm Phi Finney McDonald pay its legal costs.

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Rebel Wilson to appeal “bizarre” damages cut
Media 2018-06-15 3:41 pm By Miklos Bolza

Actress Rebel Wilson has vowed to appeal a decision by the Victorian Court of Appeal that slashed a record $4.75 million defamation payment down to $600,000.

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ASIC takes Westpac to court for financial adviser’s bad behaviour
Financial Services 2018-06-15 3:24 pm By Christine Caulfield

The corporate regulator has launched legal action against Westpac Banking Corp. over a former financial planner’s poor advice that resulted in multimillion dollar losses to customers.

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Judge won’t halt Quinn Emanuel AMP class action over venue fight
Class Actions 2018-06-15 2:56 pm By Miklos Bolza

A NSW Supreme Court judge refused Friday to pause one of five class actions against AMP despite an impending battle over where the cases should be heard.

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Australian regulator probes Mercedes-Benz over emissions cheat software
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-06-15 11:51 am By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian regulator that oversees car recalls is looking into whether Mercedes-Benz supplied cars in Australia that contain a defeat device, after regulators in the UK and Germany ordered mandatory recalls of cars fitted with the software used to cheat on emissions tests.

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Gaming giants settle fight over docs in poker machine case
Intellectual Property 2018-06-15 11:34 am By Christine Caulfield

Pokies giants Ainsworth Game Technology and Aristocrat Technologies have settled their spat over access to documents ahead of a hearing to decide if Aristocrat can gather evidence for a possible case alleging its rival stole an idea for a new poker machine.

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Judge rejects ‘flimsy’ appeal bid in software IP case
Intellectual Property 2018-06-14 10:16 pm By Miklos Bolza

A Federal Court judge on Thursday dismissed a “flimsy” application by IT firm EIFY to launch an appeal out of time in a software copyright dispute with 3D Safety Services.

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CFMEU, official fined $50,000 for ‘foul’ rant
Employment 2018-06-14 9:54 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union and one of its officials have been fined more than $50,000 after the official targeted a group of Chevron workers with a foul-mouthed “rant” for leaving the union. 

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Judge tosses Triguboff defamation case against Fairfax
Media 2018-06-14 9:33 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A Fairfax Media article at the centre of a defamation case by Meriton founder Harry Triguboff does not defame the billionaire because it’s not about him, a Federal Court judge has said, calling the lawsuit a “flagrant” attempt to subvert laws that block companies from bringing defamation suits.

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