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Google says its bid to stay Epic Games lawsuit not the same as Apple’s
Google has urged a court to stay a competition lawsuit brought by Epic Games, saying new evidence showed the Fortnite game maker would not be disadvantaged if the case was heard in California, as the Full Court found it would in a similar challenge by Apple.
High Court tosses appeal of sacked climate-skeptic professor
The High Court has thrown out sacked climate skeptic professor Peter Ridd's appeal of his dismissal by James Cook University, finding protection of intellectual freedom is not a “general freedom of speech”.
Clive Palmer loses High Court battle over right to sue WA for $30B
Mining magnate Clive Palmer and two of his mining firms have lost a High Court challenge seeking to overturn a Western Australian law which prevented him from suing the state government for $30 billion over mining tenements in the Pilbara.
Claims trimmed in COVID-19 public housing class action
A class action over a public housing lockdown during Melbourne's second COVID-19 wave in July last year is seeking to discontinue battery and negligence claims against the Victorian government, a court has heard.
ACCC officers face pre-trial grilling in ANZ cartel case as judge questions need for committal
Five enforcement officers of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will be cross-examined by lawyers for banks facing price fixing charges over their conduct following ANZ's $2.5 billion capital raising six years ago.
Griffin Coal told to pay Carna Group liquidators $5M for contract breach
Struggling mining firm Griffin Coal has been ordered to pay $5.1 million to liquidators of a collapsed mining services company after a judge found it had breached a contractual term not to trade while insolvent.
CBA’s Colonial agrees to $20M penalty for misleading MySuper statements
The Commonwealth Bank’s wealth management unit has agreed to cough up $20 million in penalties for misleading thousands of fund members during the transition to MySuper accounts, but steadfastly maintains its conduct was not part of a “nefarious” plot for profits.
NAB faces re-trial in adverse action case by worker who committed data breach
A former financial planner found to have engaged in a data breach at National Australia Bank will have her adverse action lawsuit against the bank partially reheard after an appeals court found the judge who tossed the case failed to properly consider why she was fired.
Class action against On The Run wants to drop claims by trainees
Class action claims brought by trainees against convenience store chain On The Run may be discontinued because of high costs and lack of commonality if an application before the Federal Court is successful.
Murray Darling Basin Authority fails again to limit class action liability
The Murray Darling Basin Authority can’t rely on defences claiming it is a "public or other authority" to limit the liability of a class action brought over alleged negligent water management, an appeals court has found.