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Bruce Gordon’s WIN network sues TVSN over licence agreement
Media 2024-09-16 11:15 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Regional broadcaster WIN has sued TVSN alleging the home shopping network breached its negotiation obligations because a deal with Seven was in the works.

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PNG lawyer settles defamation case against ABC over $117M fraud allegations
Defamation 2024-09-16 11:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Lawyer Samson Jubi has settled his defamation case against the ABC over stories he claims accused him of defrauding $117 million meant to benefit villagers after PNG’s largest mine disaster. 

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Ex-AMP exec settles defamation suit against The Australian publisher
Defamation 2024-09-12 10:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

AMP’s former head of advice has settled defamation proceedings over a story in The Australian that suggested he misled ASIC during the banking royal commission. 

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Ex-Seven reporter drops suit after court told of 13 complaints by women
Employment 2024-09-10 11:33 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Axed Seven Network reporter Robert Ovadia has dropped a lawsuit against his former boss, just days after the court heard that 13 women came forward with complaints following his dismissal.

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Seven says 13 women have made complaints about sacked journalist
Employment 2024-08-29 2:55 pm By Andy Sidler

Seven Network has told a court 13 women have come forward with complaints about television reporter Robert Ovadia since his dismissal in June.

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Judge throws out defamation case over Shandee Blackburn podcast
Defamation 2024-08-27 11:40 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has thrown out a defamation case by John Peros, the former boyfriend of Shandee Blackburn, over a podcast by The Australian dealing with her murder, finding he did not suffer serious harm from the publication.

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Ten reporter settles personal injury case, forges ahead with discrimination suit
Employment 2024-08-26 11:26 pm By Andy Sidler

Former Ten journalist Tegan George has reached a settlement in a case claiming she suffered PTSD on the job, but will continue her separate lawsuit against the TV network for alleged sex discrimination.

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United Petroleum behind ‘misleading’ underpayments campaign against On The Run, court told
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-08-21 4:14 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Convenience store chain On the Run is mulling proceedings against United Petroleum, which allegedly paid $120,000 to a public relations firm to run a “misleading” ad campaign accusing it of wage theft. 

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On The Run to learn identity of client behind ‘misleading’ underpayments campaign
Employment 2024-08-07 11:34 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has ordered public relations firm the Civic Partnership to hand over documents revealing the identity of the client behind an allegedly misleading ad campaign accusing convenience store chain On The Run of wage theft.

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Full Court revives defamation case over A Current Affair episode
Defamation 2024-07-31 11:01 pm By Sam Matthews

The Full Federal Court has revived an out-of-time defamation case over an episode of A Current Affair, finding that it would not have been reasonable to file the proceedings within a year given the “spectre of criminal proceedings” against Queensland man Geoffrey Landrey.

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