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Seven, Kerry Stokes must hand over emails exchanged with Ben Roberts-Smith’s lawyers
Fairfax can see 8,600 emails that passed between Seven’s commercial director and Ben Roberts-Smith’s legal team as it seeks significant defence costs in the accused war criminal’s unsuccessful defamation case, a judge has ruled. 
Public interest defence not defined by truth, ABC tells court in Heston Russell defamation case
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has defended its reporting of alleged war crimes in a defamation case by ex-commando Heston Russell, saying the debate over whether its stories were in the public interest “rises well above truth”. 
ABC source for Heston Russell articles told reporter his memory was ‘hazy’, court hears
A source for ABC articles over alleged war crimes that are at the centre of a defamation case by ex-commando Heston Russell told reporters his memory of the events was "hazy", a court heard Friday.
Monster Energy’s security for costs bid ‘manifestly excessive’, judge says
The security sum sought by Monster Energy from an inventor suing the beverage giant for patent infringement was "manifestly excessive", a judge has said, and was based on an estimate of costs that included the fees of three solicitors and two barristers at an interlocutory hearing.
Arrium class action’s potential loss of contingency fee irrelevant to transfer fight, KPMG says
The possibility that a NSW judge will revoke a contingency fee order made in a class action over Arrium's collapse is irrelevant to whether the proceedings should be transferred from Victoria to the appropriate forum, Arrium's auditor KPMG has told a court.
8,600 emails passed between Seven and Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation lawyers, court told
A "striking" 8,600 emails passed between Seven’s commercial director and Ben Roberts-Smith’s legal team, suggesting the media company was actively involved in the unsuccessful defamation case, Fairfax has argued as it seeks significant defence costs.
Facebook owner Meta fined $20M for misleading data privacy app
A judge has ordered Meta to pay a $20 million penalty for misleading consumers by representing that its discontinued Onavo Protect mobile app would keep users’ personal activity data private, when in fact it was being collected for commercial use.
Linchpin liquidators have case against Grant Thornton, Moore Stephens: judge
A judge has found that a case brought by the liquidators of investment firm Linchpin Capital against auditors Grant Thornton and Moore Stephens for signing off on the compliance plan for a registered fund that allegedly misused investor money has legs.
Shine’s bid for $32M in loan interest raises ‘never seen before’ conflicts: judge
Shine Lawyers’ bid to recoup "exorbitant" interest on a loan it took out to run pelvic mesh class actions against Johnson & Johnson has raised new ethical dilemmas beyond the usual "sweaty palms and huge vexation" in most group proceedings, a judge has said.
ACCC delays decision on $4.9B ANZ, Suncorp merger
The competition regulator has delayed its final decision on whether to approve ANZ's $4.9 billion acquisition of Queensland-based Suncorp, after expressing worries the tie-up could stifle the growth of smaller banks.