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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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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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Brickworks forced to close doors in WA after ‘predatory pricing’ by rival BGC, court told
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-05-24 10:56 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Australia’s largest brick manufacturer Brickworks has accused a rival founded by billionaire Len Buckeridge of substantially lessening competition in Western Australia through a 2021 acquisition and engaging in predatory pricing that caused it to shut its doors in the state.

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Mark Latham’s homophobic tweet sparked ‘graphic’ abuse, death threats, Sydney MP says
Trials 2024-05-22 2:47 pm By Sam Matthews

A homophobic tweet by former NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham unleashed an “utterly hateful torrent of abuse and vitriol”, including death threats against Independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich, which left him fearing for his safety, a court has heard. 

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Judge won’t dock developer’s case against NSW Ports over privatisation deal
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-05-22 11:32 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A New South Wales developer’s competition case against NSW Ports over a ports privatisation agreement looks bound for the High Court after a judge found a related ACCC proceeding did not bar it from bringing the case, which will challenge a Full Court finding that the ports operator was shielded by derivative Crown immunity.

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Solicitor who sought to hinder legal watchdog’s probe to be struck from roll
Business of Law 2024-05-22 11:24 pm By Andy Sidler

A tribunal will recommend that a Perth solicitor be struck from the roll of practitioners after being found to have engaged in professional misconduct for failing to comply with requests for information by Western Australia’s legal complaints body.

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Baker McKenzie dragged into lawsuit over Armour takeover
Corporate 2024-05-21 2:51 pm By Sam Matthews

Baker McKenzie has been dragged into a court case brought by a shareholder and creditor of failed energy company Armour Group, which alleges the law firm was knowingly involved in a plan by China-based Shunkang Group to take control of the company for cheap.

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‘Shock and Orr’ warmly welcomed to the Victoria Court of Appeal
Courts 2024-05-21 11:29 pm By Christine Caulfield

She earned the nickname ‘Shock and Orr’ as senior counsel assisting the banking royal commission, but the Victoria Court of Appeal’s newest judge told those gathered to welcome her to the bench on Tuesday that she thought twice before accepting the daunting assignment.

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Vic Supreme Court can’t prefer own state’s policy in class action transfer bid, High Court told
Class Actions 2024-05-21 11:08 pm By Sam Matthews

Supporting KPMG’s bid to move a class action over the collapse of Arrium from Melboure to Sydney, former directors of the failed steel company have told the High Court the Victoria Supreme Court was impermissibly preferring the policy of its state in finding a contingency fee order made in the case could be factored into a transfer application.

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NT public housing body moves to throw out class action’s racial discrimination claims
Discrimination 2024-05-20 11:32 pm By Andy Sidler

The Northern Territory public housing authority has moved to throw out a class action’s claims that it engaged in racial discrimination by failing to maintain public housing in remote Aboriginal communities. 

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