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Apple, Google say orders sought by Epic Games go ‘well beyond’ its case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-10-17 11:37 pm By Sam Matthews

In the wake of a judgment that Apple and Google misused their market power in running their app stores, the tech giants are fighting injunctions proposed by Epic Games, which they say go beyond the case argued at trial.

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Class action must wait for damages in competition case against Apple, Google
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-09-11 11:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has put off deciding what damages group members are owed in two class actions against Apple and Google after finding the tech companies engaged in anti-competitive conduct in the app marketplace.

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High Court won’t hear Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation appeal
Defamation 2025-09-04 11:31 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Australia’s most-decorated soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, has lost his bid for special leave from the High Court to appeal a judge’s findings that he committed war crimes in Afghanistan.

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Appeal fails in attempted bid-rigging case over National Gallery tender
Appeals 2025-08-29 1:46 pm By Christine Caulfield

Industrial technology company Delta Building Automation has lost its fight over a finding that it attempted to rig a bid for construction work on the National Gallery of Australia and must pay a $1.5 million penalty.

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Apple, Google engaged in anti-competitive conduct, says judge
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-08-12 5:24 pm By Cindy Cameronne

In a major win for two class actions and Fortnite maker Epic Games, a judge has found that Apple and Google misused their market power in running app stores and in-app purchase systems.

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High Court asked to hear Ben Roberts-Smith case against Nine
Defamation 2025-06-17 11:11 pm By Christine Caulfield

Disgraced soldier Ben Roberts-Smith is digging in with his attack on a judge’s findings that he committed war crimes in Afghanistan, asking the High Court to find in his favour in a defamation case against Nine.

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Marsh points finger at UBS in $7B Greensill cases
Financial Services 2025-05-27 11:24 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Insurer Marsh has fired off a cross-claim against Swiss bank UBS in several cases brought over Greensill’s $1.7 billion collapse. 

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Ben Roberts-Smith’s criticisms of trial judge ‘unwarranted’, says appeals court
Appeals 2025-05-20 11:28 pm By Cindy Cameronne

In tossing his challenge to a finding that he committed war crimes in Afghanistan, an appeals court rejected Ben Roberts-Smith’s criticisms of the trial judge, finding the judge gave sufficient weight to the presumption of innocence. 

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Full Court cans Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation appeal
Appeals 2025-05-16 10:54 am By Sam Matthews

A court has rejected Ben Roberts-Smith’s appeal of a decision that found he committed war crimes in Afghanistan, as well as the disgraced soldier’s bid to re-open the case in light of a secret recording of Nine journalist Nick McKenzie. 

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Secret recording of Nine journalist no smoking gun: appeals court
Appeals 2025-05-16 11:39 pm By Sam Matthews

A secret recording of Nine journalist Nick McKenzie speaking to a witness in the case may have been “doctored” and had to be “treated with caution,” the Full Court said Friday.

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