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Shine stuck running Blue Sky, EY class action with rival firm
A law firm has lost its bid to challenge a court order that it join forces with a competing firm in an investor class action against Blue Sky Alternative Investments and auditor EY.
Law firm bows out of contest to run class actions against Apple, Google
A law firm has dropped plans to bring a second set of class actions alleging Apple and Google engaged in anti-competitive conduct in operating their app stores, but will act as an "agent" for the first-to-file firm.
Finder Wallet taken to court by ASIC over ‘unlicensed’ crypto product
ASIC has filed a lawsuit against Finder Wallet, a subsidiary of comparison website Finder.com, alleging the company breached various requirements in relation to its crypto product Finder Earn.
Google defeats ACCC case over data collection
The ACCC has lost proceedings accusing Google of duping millions of Australians into agreeing to expand the scope of personal information the tech giant could collect and combine for use in targeted advertising. 
Battle to run Blue Sky, EY class action not over, as firm appeals order to team up with rival
A law firm wants to challenge a court order that it play nice with a competing firm in a class action for investors against Blue Sky Alternative Investments and auditor EY.
Prosecutors lose challenge to time limit in criminal case against ME Bank
Federal prosecutors pursuing a case against Members Equity have lost an appeal of a ruling that threw out half the charges against the direct bank as time barred, with an appeals court finding the ASIC Act imposes a hard deadline for bringing a criminal case of misleading or deceptive conduct.
Abandoned soccer match between Scottish rivals spawns $3M suit
Australian sports promoters TEG Live and Left Field Live have sued Scottish football team the Rangers for at least $3 million after the club allegedly backed out of a Sydney match with rival Celtic.
22 firms launch group to advise businesses on human rights
A coalition of global law firms have joined together to launch an association to advise businesses on adopting better human rights practices.
Judge slashes Opal Tower funder’s cut of class action settlement
A judge has approved a confidential settlement in a class action on behalf of 383 apartment owners in Sydney’s Opal Tower but slashed the amount sought by the funder.
Freezing order stands in Sportsbet’s domain name spat with owner of sportsbet.com
Bookmaker Sportsbet has defeated a bid to overturn a freezing order against the owner of the sportsbet.com domain name in a trade mark infringement dispute stemming from a promotion agreement.