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Murdoch can add Crikey bosses to defamation case
Defamation 2023-01-30 3:47 pm By Sam Matthews

Fox News CEO Lachlan Murdoch has cited the ā€œeditorial interferenceā€ of Private Media chairman Eric Beecher and CEO Will Hayward in a successful bid to […]

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Judge OKs Sims class action settlement, says funder can have commission and ATE insurance
Class Actions 2023-01-11 3:46 pm By Christine Caulfield

After initial qualms, a judge has signed off on a $29.5 million settlement in a class action against recycling company Sims that includes a “staggering” […]

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Murdoch names Private Media bosses in expanded defamation case over Crikey article
Defamation 2022-12-22 3:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

The decision by Crikey to republish an article at the centre of a defamation case by Fox News CEO Lachlan Murdoch is the focus of […]

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HarperCollins can make ā€˜bad reputationā€™ claims in deep sleep defamation case
Defamation 2022-12-16 9:41 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A psychiatrist that sued HarperCollins for defamation over a book on the use of deep sleep therapy at the Chelmsford Private Hospital in the 1970s […]

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Barrister was scared to return to chambers after Nine’s ‘cavoodle caper’, court told
Trials 2022-12-12 9:29 pm By Sam Matthews

A Sydney barrister was embarrassed and afraid to return to chambers following Channel Nineā€™s allegedly defamatory coverage of her custody battle for famed social media […]

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Crikey planned media blitz over Murdoch feud to up subscriptions, court told
Media 2022-12-01 5:29 pm By Sam Matthews

News outlet Crikey has handed over internal documents showing its plans to mount a marketing campaign portraying itself as the victim in a ā€œDavid and […]

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Murdoch flags ‘massive dispute about privilege’ in Crikey defamation battle
Defamation 2022-11-30 3:22 pm By Sam Matthews

A “massive dispute about privilege” is on the cards in the defamation row between Fox News CEO Lachlan Murdoch and news outlet Crikey over an […]

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Prosecutors lose challenge to time limit in criminal case against ME Bank
Financial Services 2022-11-29 3:39 pm By Christine Caulfield

Federal prosecutors pursuing a case against Members Equity have lost an appeal of a ruling that threw out half the charges against the direct bank […]

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Nine tells court barrister stole Insta-famous cavoodle, misled police
Defamation 2022-11-07 11:03 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has questioned Nineā€™s eleventh-hour bid to add allegations of ā€œserious criminal offencesā€ against a barrister who sued the media company over its coverage […]

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Judge doubts Lachlan Murdoch’s claim that media ā€˜sold a pupā€™ with defamation reforms
Defamation 2022-10-21 3:22 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has rejected Lachlan Murdochā€™s claim that the media has been ā€˜sold a pupā€™ with a new public interest defence that Crikey’s publisher has […]

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