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X could have done more to shield users, including kids, from stabbing videos, court told
The e-Safety Commissioner has expanded its case seeking to have X Corp remove posts that depict a stabbing of a bishop at a Sydney church, arguing X could have done more to prevent Australian users, including children and VPN users, from viewing the videos.
‘Grossly excessive’: Energy broker can’t enforce confidentiality agreement
A judge has blasted energy broker Energy Action's bid for interim orders enforcing a confidentiality agreement against a former employee who jumped ship to a competitor, calling the bid “grossly excessive”.
Noumi, ASIC fight ruling that privilege over PwC report waived during probe
Noumi and ASIC are challenging a finding that the food manufacturer waived legal professional privilege over a PricewaterhouseCoopers report commissioned by its lawyers at Ashurst by disclosing the report during an ASIC investigation.
Don’t ask AI questions you don’t already know the answers to, law firm says
Lawyers are in no immediate danger of losing their jobs to AI, according to a leading law firm, which has found that asking large language models legal questions you don't already know the answers to is risky business.
IAG hit with class action over ‘misleading’ loyalty discounts
Two units of insurer IAG have been hit with a class action for allegedly misleading hundreds of thousands of home owners insurance customers about loyalty discounts.
Medical cannabis distributor wins injunction after suspected hack
Medicinal cannabis company Vitura Health has won its bid for orders restricting the access of a software partner to its IT systems after an alleged hack.
Jaguar class action judge did not ‘become a witness’ in siding with G+T, says Full Court
While it was unfair for a judge to pick Gilbert + Tobin to run a class action against Jaguar Land Rover on the condition that it lower its funding rate, the judge was entitled to consider the law firm’s experience in a similar case against Toyota, an appeals court has said in its reasons. 
Seven resurrects ‘7NOW’ trade mark in latest fight with 7-Eleven
Seven Network has partially succeeded in appealing a decision that revoked its rights to the '7NOW' trade mark for non-use, with the Full Court finding the broadcaster used the mark on its news promotion website.
X subject to Australian jurisdiction in Muslim group’s hate speech case, tribunal says
The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal has ruled that social media giant X must face a human rights complaint brought by a Muslim advocacy group over allegedly dehumanising material on the site.
Aristocrat can’t get docs yet for possible trade secrets suit
A judge has rejected Aristocrat’s bid for orders requiring competitor Light & Wonder to hand over documents to be placed “in an envelope” for speedy production should its appeal of a decision ordering that it produce the documents to Aristocrat for possible trade secrets suit fail.