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Lawyers the only ones to get paid in CBA class action settlement
CBA 2023-12-13 3:11 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Group members will walk away with nothing under a settlement in a seven-year old class action against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia on behalf of borrowers who claimed they were forced to default on their commercial loans.

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Woodside taken to court by Greenpeace for greenwashing gas and oil projects
Energy & Natural Resources 2023-12-13 11:42 pm By Christine Caulfield

Gas giant Woodside has been hit with legal action by Greenpeace, accused of misleading the public by greenwashing its gas and oil projects.

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The Project producer says Bruce Lehrmann given fair chance to respond to rape claims
Trials 2023-12-13 10:46 pm By Sam Matthews

The Project producer Angus Llewellyn has testified that Bruce Lehrmann was given a reasonable chance to respond to rape allegations made by Brittany Higgins, and dismissed as “ridiculous” the suggestion that he indicated to Higgins and her partner David Sharaz that he was going to “do a number” on Lehrmann. 

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‘Is that a serious answer?’ Lehrmann trial judge prods Ten producer on political agenda question
Trials 2023-12-13 4:21 pm By Sam Matthews

The judge overseeing the trial in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case against Network Ten intervened on Wednesday during cross-examination of The Project producer Angus Llewellyn, apparently dissatisfied with Llewellyn’s response when asked whether he believed Brittany Higgins’ partner David Sharaz had a “political agenda”.

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Lawyers who don’t embrace AI ‘will be left behind’, experts say
Business of Law 2023-12-12 11:48 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Generative artificial intelligence will completely transform the legal industry, potentially decimating the billable hour in the process, and experts say practitioners who don’t embrace the technology will be swiftly replaced by those who do.

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Secret recording of conversation with Michaelia Cash played in Lehrmann trial
Defamation 2023-12-12 10:07 pm By Sam Matthews

A court has heard a secretly recorded conversation between Brittany Higgins and her former boss, Senator Michaelia Cash, which presenter Lisa Wilkinson says is consistent with Higgins’ account that she told Cash in October 2019 about her alleged rape by Bruce Lehrmann, a claim that Cash has denied.

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Lehrmann can subpoena Sky News for recording of chat between Higgins’ lawyer, fiancé
Defamation 2023-12-12 3:16 pm By Sam Matthews

The judge overseeing the trial in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case against Network Ten has granted Lehrmann’s bid to subpoena Sky News Australia for an audio recording said to capture a conversation between Brittany Higgins’ fiancé and her solicitor.

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Class action investigation begins into Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder
Product Liability 2023-12-12 11:22 pm By Christine Caulfield

As Johnson & Johnson loses its second attempt to use bankruptcy protection to resolve tens of thousands of US cases over its talcum powder products, a law firm has launched a class action investigation on behalf of Australian women who regularly used the powder and were later diagnosed with cancer.

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Kerry Stokes ‘in the dark’ about costs in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case, court told
Nicholas Owens 2023-12-12 10:27 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Billionaire Kerry Stokes and Nine-owned Fairfax are fighting about how to calculate costs for Ben Roberts-Smith’s failed defamation case after the Seven West Media chair agreed to foot the legal bill on an indemnity basis.

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Fitbit hit with $11M penalty for misleading customers about refunds
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-12-12 3:38 pm By Christine Caulfield

Google’s Fitbit has been ordered to pay $11 million for misleading statements about customers’ rights to refunds or replacements for faulty devices.

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