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X could have done more to shield users, including kids, from stabbing videos, court told
Social Media 2024-05-28 11:33 pm By Sam Matthews

The e-Safety Commissioner has expanded its case seeking to have X Corp remove posts that depict a stabbing of a bishop at a Sydney church, arguing X could have done more to prevent Australian users, including children and VPN users, from viewing the videos.

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‘Grossly excessive’: Energy broker can’t enforce confidentiality agreement
Employment 2024-05-28 11:31 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has blasted energy broker Energy Action’s bid for interim orders enforcing a confidentiality agreement against a former employee who jumped ship to a competitor, calling the bid “grossly excessive”.

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Medical cannabis distributor wins injunction after suspected hack
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-05-28 2:56 pm By Sam Matthews

Medicinal cannabis company Vitura Health has won its bid for orders restricting the access of a software partner to its IT systems after an alleged hack.

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RAMS hit with class action by disgruntled franchisees
Class Actions 2024-05-27 2:20 pm By Sam Matthews

Westpac subsidiary RAMs has been hit with a class action by former franchisees who say their agreements with the home loan provider were terminated without proper cause.

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Optus loses second bid to shield Deloitte report from class action
Class Actions 2024-05-27 11:23 am By Sam Matthews

Optus has lost its appeal of a decision that found the telco could not claim legal professional privilege over a Deloitte report into a major data breach, with an appeals court highlighting the lack of evidence from former CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin.

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Bonza administrators win more time to sell collapsed airline
Restructuring & Insolvency 2024-05-27 3:16 pm By Andy Sidler

Administrators of collapsed budget airline Bonza have been given two more months to try to sell the company, with the Federal Court finding a sale would be of greater benefit than liquidation to the airline’s 58,428 creditors, who are owed $116 million. 

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Seven resurrects ‘7NOW’ trade mark in latest fight with 7-Eleven
Intellectual Property 2024-05-27 11:33 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Seven Network has partially succeeded in appealing a decision that revoked its rights to the ‘7NOW’ trade mark for non-use, with the Full Court finding the broadcaster used the mark on its news promotion website.

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X subject to Australian jurisdiction in Muslim group’s hate speech case, tribunal says
Human Rights 2024-05-27 11:14 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal has ruled that social media giant X must face a human rights complaint brought by a Muslim advocacy group over allegedly dehumanising material on the site.

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Jaguar class action judge did not ‘become a witness’ in siding with G+T, says Full Court
Class Actions 2024-05-27 11:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne

While it was unfair for a judge to pick Gilbert + Tobin to run a class action against Jaguar Land Rover on the condition that it lower its funding rate, the judge was entitled to consider the law firm’s experience in a similar case against Toyota, an appeals court has said in its reasons. 

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TV presenter Lisa Wilkinson seeks $1.8M in costs in Lehrmann defamation case
Defamation 2024-05-27 12:52 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Former Network Ten Lisa Wilkinson in seeking $1.8 million in costs in Bruce Lehrmann’s failed defamation case over an episode of The Project that aired Brittany Higgins’ rape allegations.

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