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Opposition leader Peter Dutton has dropped a High Court appeal seeking to overturn a Full Court judgment that found a tweet by refugee activist Shane Bazzi labeling him a "rape apologist" was not defamatory.
Telecommunications giant Optus may face a class action over a cyberattack that left the data of up to 10 million current and former customers exposed.
A judge has suggested that financial services giant AMP bring an application for summary dismissal of part of a class action over allegedly excessive insurance premiums, questioning the basis for the claims.
The $16 billion WestConnex construction in Sydney that has allegedly damaged the properties of tens of thousands of home owners is the target of a new class action investigation.
The former CEO of Blue Star Helium has asked the High Court to throw out a $40,000 penalty and four-year ban imposed on him after the company failed to disclose to shareholders the identity of the buyer behind a botched sale of Texas oil assets.
A judge has struck out claims accusing Corelogic of unauthorised scraping of confidential information from building information provider BCI Media’s copyright-protected leads platform, finding the case was “defective and deficient in many respects”.
A judge has found that a 60 Minutes broadcast by Nine, but not a related article, carried defamatory meanings about Euro Pacific Bank boss Peter Schiff, saying the broadcast's use of ominous music and shadowy figures invited judgment from viewers.
A woman allegedly injured by a defective pelvic mesh product has won her bid to bring a lawsuit against bankrupt Astora Women's Health after she opted out of a class action, which promised her no more than $10,000 under a proposed settlement.
A data breach compromising the records of up to 9.8 million Optus customers has been referred to the Australian Federal Police for what the agency said would be a "complex, criminal investigation".
Facebook and Google have flagged their intention to seek a stay or declassing order in a class action over a 2018 ban on cryptocurrency ads.