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Sydney lawyer wins $110,000 defamation judgment over ‘gossipy and intrusive’ News Corp article
Defamation 2021-04-19 12:34 pm By Miklos Bolza

High profile criminal lawyer Christopher Murphy has been awarded a $110,000 judgment in his defamation case over a “gossipy and intrusive” Daily Telegraph article which a judge found had damaged the lawyer’s professional reputation.

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Full Court to hear Epic’s challenge to Apple dispute being heard in the US
Appeals 2021-04-16 11:58 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Fortnite game maker Epic Games has appealed a judge’s decision to send its misuse of market power case against Apple to California, in a significant case with implications for whether Australian companies can litigate disputes with tech giants on their home turf.

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Garuda drops appeal of $19M penalty in ACCC cartel case, agrees to pay in instalments
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-04-16 10:59 pm By Christine Caulfield

Indonesia’s PT Garuda has withdrawn a challenge to a $19 million penalty imposed for its part in a global airline cartel, but the airline has reached an agreement with the ACCC to pay the fine in instalments.

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‘Not comforting or chivalrous’: Barrister reprimanded for sexually harassing solicitor
Business of Law 2021-04-16 9:50 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A Sydney barrister who has admitted to sexually harassing a young female solicitor in a NSW Supreme Court conference room is facing disciplinary action for unsatisfactory professional conduct.

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Suncorp unit hit with class action over add-on insurance
Class Actions 2021-04-16 5:24 pm By Miklos Bolza

Suncorp subsidiary AAI Limited has been hit with a class action over allegedly misleading add-on insurance sold at car dealerships.

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Declassing bid defeated in Jardine Lloyd Thomson class action
Class Actions 2021-04-16 4:17 pm By Miklos Bolza

Insurance broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson has lost its bid to shut down a class action brought on behalf of NSW local councils, with a judge finding it was “entirely appropriate” for the case to proceed as a class action.

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Slater & Gordon pushes back against ‘onerous’ discovery in Arnold Bloch Leibler class action
Class Actions 2021-04-16 3:03 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Slater & Gordon has argued discovery is becoming “unduly onerous” in a cross-claim filed by Arnold Bloch Leibler in a class action accusing the law firm of breaching its duty of care by greenlighting Slate & Gordon’s $1.2 billion acquisition of Quindell.

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ATO prepared to rule out prosecuting PwC for tax offences after privilege fight
Tax 2021-04-16 2:30 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Australian Taxation Office has told a judge it would be prepared to “give comfort” to PricewaterhouseCoopers that it will not prosecute the accounting giant for tax offences relating to documents at the centre of a court battle over privilege.

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Google misled users about location data privacy, judge rules
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-04-16 10:29 am By Christine Caulfield

Google misled or is likely to have misled some reasonable users of its Android devices about the digital giant’s use of their location data, a judge has found in a win for the consumer regulator.

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High Court won’t hear Queensland taxi drivers’ ‘fanciful’ case over Uber losses
High Court 2021-04-15 10:52 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has denied special leave to a group of Queensland taxi drivers seeking compensation from the state for losses allegedly caused by ride sharing services like Uber, in a lawsuit a judge described as “fanciful”.

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