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Judge must decide whether Fairfax article is about Harry Triguboff
Media 2018-05-15 9:42 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge overseeing a defamation case brought by billionaire Meriton founder Harry Triguboff against Fairfax Media must decide whether an article about the property company that appeared in the Australian Financial Review can be reasonably said to be about Triguboff.

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SNF renews challenge to BASF patent
Energy & Natural Resources 2018-05-15 11:24 am By Cat Fredenburgh

SNF has filed an appeal with the Federal Court after the Australian Patent Office shot down its challenge to a mining patent application by rival BASF.

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Fraud case against Shane Heal dropped after star witness no-show
White Collar 2018-05-14 10:23 pm By Christine Caulfield

The fraud case against Australian basketball great Shane Heal has been withdrawn after prosecutors’ could not get their US-based star witness to testify in time.

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Judge gives cleaning co. in Fair Work case one more chance
Employment 2018-05-14 9:47 pm By Miklos Bolza

A Federal Court judge has given the owner of an ACT-based cleaning company one more week to comply with court orders, after being accused of dragging out a Fair Work case by the United Voice union for almost two years.

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Fair Work Ombudsman secures jail term against tour operator
Employment 2018-05-14 9:03 pm By Miklos Bolza

A court has sentenced the owner of Cairns-based Trek North Tours to a 12-month jail term in a landmark contempt-of-court action by the Fair Work Ombudsman.

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IT consultant charged with insider trading after ASIC probe
White Collar 2018-05-14 5:07 pm By Christine Caulfield

A Sydney-based IT consultant faces multiple charges of insider trading after illegally accessing stock information from a financial publisher, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission said Monday.

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ACCC looking at Oracle info on Google data use
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2018-05-14 4:23 pm By Christine Caulfield

The ACCC is considering a report by US-based Oracle into Google’s tracking of Australian Android phone users as part of the regulator’s broader inquiry into digital media.

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Judge recuses himself after raising spectre of legal watchdog
Legal Ethics 2018-05-14 2:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

A Victorian Supreme Court judge has recused himself from proceedings over costs in a construction dispute, after vowing to send transcripts of the case to the state’s legal watchdog.

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Take-Two wins temporary block of Grand Theft Auto alterations
Intellectual Property 2018-05-11 10:29 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Take-Two Interactive has won a temporary injunction blocking a gamer from making unauthorised changes to its popular Grand Theft Auto video game.

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Judge bars 7-Eleven from WhatsApp message to class
Class Actions 2018-05-11 10:16 pm By Miklos Bolza

7-Eleven has lost its bid to use a confidential bulletin sent to class members via WhatsApp as defence evidence in an ongoing franchisee class action, with a judge rejecting the company’s claims the document was no longer shielded by legal professional privilege.

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