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A judge hearing a price-fixing case against steel giant BlueScope has overruled an objection to the ACCCs barrister's allegedly excessive "eye-rolling" and "scathing and sarcastic" manner during a cross-examination in which the company's general manager was accused of lying under oath.
An appellate panel of the Fair Work Commission has upheld an aged care worker's termination for refusing a flu vaccine, but a full-throttled dissent by one commissioner warns Australians against "a system of medical apartheid and segregation".
A judge has rejected a request for further information on 'very senior' Google employees involved in a notification related to a change to Google's privacy policy which at the centre of court proceedings brought by the ACCC.
A judge has issued a stern warning to litigation funders seeking to take a “gamble” on pending court proceedings, ruling they could be held liable for costs if their intervention proves critical to the advancement of the case.
NSW Health wants to amend its defence to an underpayments class action on behalf of 24,000 junior doctors, bringing claims that the lead applicant is barred from seeking compensation for group members under industrial relations law.
Pharmaceutical giants Merck Sharpe & Dohme and Pfizer have resolved a long-running intellectual property dispute over a 2015 patent owned by Pfizer for a pneumococcal vaccine.
US singer Katy Perry can withdraw an admission in a trade mark infringement case that licensing her brand to Target and Myer constituted use, with a judge finding the admission was “not consistent with current law”.
In COVID-19 vaccination cases, judge quashes subpoena ‘stunt’ for info behind Berejiklian TV remarks
A judge has set aside a subpoena that allegedly sought to “embarrass the New South Wales government”, in lawsuits contesting compulsory COVID-19 vaccination orders made by state health minister Brad Hazzard.
The Federal Court's decision that artificial intelligence can be listed on a patent application as the inventor has become an outlier, as the UK joins the US in rejecting what has become an international battle to claim AI inventorship.
Nine Network, Seven Network and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation have won a temporary injunction barring the Civil Aviation Safety Authority from declaring the area above the Melbourne CBD to be a restricted area in response to anti-lockdown and anti-vaccine protests that have disrupted the city.