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Judge strikes down Nationwide defence in Rush defamation case
Media 2018-03-21 2:59 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Actor Geoffrey Rush has won a bid to strike down one of Nationwide News’ defences  in a defamation case brought by the actor.

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High Court to hear Google defamation case Tuesday
Media 2018-03-19 10:21 pm By Christine Caulfield

Whether Google is liable as a publisher for defamatory content that pops up in search engine results is the question before the High Court on Tuesday, and the answer could drastically alter the way large Internet companies do business.

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Vocation training head to pay Nationwide bill in defamation case
Media 2018-03-02 1:17 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has ordered the former head of collapsed vocational training organisation Australian Careers Network to foot the legal bill of Nationwide News, likely to exceed $ 1 million, for a defamation case he brought and lost.

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Media giants want in on appeal of $4.5M Rebel Wilson award
Media 2018-02-26 7:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Australia’s biggest media companies want to lend their weight to an appeal by Bauer Media of a historic $4.5 million award handed to actor Rebel Wilson last year in a defamation case.

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News Corp. ordered to take down articles in defamation case
Media 2018-02-14 6:19 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A Federal Court judge has ordered that newspaper articles that the president of the Australian Imams Council, Sheikh Shady Alsuleiman, claims are defamatory of him be removed from several News Corp. websites.

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ACCC updates media merger guidelines for digital age
Competition & Consumer Protection 2017-11-01 2:36 pm By Christine Caulfield

The competition regulator on Wednesday released updated guidelines for media merger reviews, saying key to its analysis would be competition and media diversity, the impact of new technology and access to premium content.

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