The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has won sequestration orders against Gold Coast ‘finfluencer’ Tyson Scholz after he failed to pay the regulator’s costs in proceedings that resulted in him being permanently barred from carrying on a unlicensed financial services business.
A judge has extended an injunction against a NSW man who published material on social media allegedly leaked by a former Tesla employee about its self-driving software, saying the electric vehicle giant had a case on its face against him.
A nose job patient who allegedly defamed his surgeon has been slugged with $50,000 in security for his appeal, on top of a $50,000 damages bill that a judge said the surgeon is unlikely to see.
Instagram is planning to hit Dialogue Consulting with a cross-claim that accuses the Melbourne social media start-up of breaching US law related to the protection of users’ data and engaging in misleading or deceptive conduct.
A judge has found finfluencer Canna Campbell infringed a rival’s ‘financial foreplay’ trade mark by promoting a podcast that contained the phrase, but declined to award damages, finding there was insufficient evidence that she profited from the infringement.
Independent Sydney member Alex Greenwich and politician Mark Latham have failed to resolve their defamation stoush out of court over a “notorious” homophobic tweet by the NSW One Nation leader.
A judge has rejected Facebook owner Meta’s request to pause a case by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission over scam cryptocurrency ads until a private criminal action by mining magnate Andrew Forrest is decided.
The regulator for online safety has issued X with a $610,500 infringement notice for failing to answer questions on how it addresses child sexual exploitation material on its platform.
A judge has denied Fairfax’s bid to strike out allegations by a Western Australian businessman that it was the publisher of allegedly defamatory comments that appeared on one of its Facebook pages.
The Sex Discrimination Commissioner has told a court a transgender woman who was excluded from female social network Giggle for Girls can bring a claim for gender identity discrimination under under Gillard-era amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act.