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Ex-boss of AI marketing company Metigy charged with misleading investors
White Collar 2024-11-08 11:43 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The former CEO of failed AI marketing start-up Metigy has been charged with providing false statements to investors and misusing his position as a director following an investigation by the corporate regulator.

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ā€˜Influxā€™ of consumer class actions likely after High Court’s Toyota decision, lawyer says
Analysis 2024-11-07 11:01 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Landmark High Court decisions in class actions against Toyota and Ford on how damages should be calculated for defective vehicles will spark more consumer class actions, a plaintiff lawyer told Lawyerly.

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Class actions against Ford, Toyota score major win in High Court
Class Actions 2024-11-06 3:06 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The High Court has upheld appeals in class actions against Ford and Toyota over the calculation of damages for reduction in value of defective vehicles.

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High Court finds curfew, ankle bracelet regime for former detainees unlawful
Justice Stephen Gageler 2024-11-06 11:09 pm By Andy Sidler

The High Court has found that requiring stateless refugees to wear ankle bracelets and comply with curfews to prevent future offending is unconstitutional.Ā 

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Class closure ‘anathema’ to class action regime, contradictors tell High Court
Class Actions 2024-11-04 11:39 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Class closure orders are “anathema” to the purpose of group proceedings in facilitating access to justice and should never be ordered, the High Court has been told.

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Class action over COVID-19 deaths settles with Anglicare, NSW Health
Class Actions 2024-11-04 12:40 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action over deaths allegedly caused by negligent care at a NSW aged care facility during COVID-19 has settled.Ā 

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Judge’s ‘uncritical copying and pasting’ of submissions wins the day for law firm
Courts 2024-11-01 12:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An appeals court has set aside a $160,000 judgment against Sydney law firm Atanaskovic Hartnell after finding a ā€œtime poorā€ trial judge had copied and pasted submissions in key parts of his ruling.

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‘Contingency on contingency’: Judge won’t halt IP dispute over Abilify generic
Intellectual Property 2024-11-01 11:18 pm By Sam Matthews

The Commonwealth has lost its bid to pause a long-running dispute over a generic form of brand drug Abilify while the High Court hears a different generic drug battle.

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Litigators of the week: Atanaskovic Hartnell, Marque win wars over words
Courts 2024-11-01 11:16 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A “time poor” judge’s extensive copying and pasting of submissions and an offensive tweet by senator Pauline Hanson were at the centre of the week’s biggest litigation wins.

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Queensland police officers file class action over COVID-19 vaccine direction
COVID-19 2024-10-30 11:24 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Queensland government is facing a class action by police officers and staff who faced disciplinary action for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine or were vaccinated under protest following a court decision. The class action, funded by billionaire Clive Palmer and run by Alexander Law, was filed in the Supreme Court of Queensland last…

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