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Nine wins challenge to production of draft 60 Minutes episode
Nine has won its legal challenge to orders that would have forced it to hand over a draft version of a 60 Minutes episode and restricted it from airing the program after an appeals court found a judge had no power to make the orders.
Mills Oakley snags employment law bigwig from King & Wood Mallesons
Mills Oakley has poached a leading employment law partner from King & Wood Mallesons for its growing workplace relations team.
Twitter ordered to hand over details of popular ‘PRGuy’ account
The Federal Court has ordered social media giant Twitter to produce information related to a user on the platform who goes by the name PRGuy.
Merricks Capital sues to stop former exec from working at Switzer-led boutique
Melbourne-based hard assets investment manager Merricks Capital has filed court proceedings to block its ex-managing director and two other former employees from working at a investment boutique run by financial commentator Peter Switzer and his son Marty.
Judge slams Andrews government for ‘opaque cover-up’ in hotel quarantine class action
A judge has criticised the Andrews government for withholding information about the alleged transmission of COVID-19 to a security guard working in hotel quarantine in a class action claiming lapses in the program caused Victorian businesses to suffer losses. 
Law firm investigates class action over NDIS data breach
The law firm behind Australia’s first privacy class action is investigating a recent breach which left the personal information of thousands of participants in the National Disability Insurance Scheme exposed.
ASIC wins guilty plea from investor who posted about ‘fun and games’ of market manipulation
A Melbourne investor who posted in an online forum that a pump and dump scheme was all part of the “fun and games and cat and mouse of the stock market” has pleaded guilty to market manipulation.
Class action should foot the bill for first ever group costs order, judge says
A judge who ordered the first ever group costs order in a class action has found that the costs of the application should be borne by the class action.
Mesoblast hit with second shareholder class action over COVID-19 drug
Regenerative medicine company Mesoblast has been hit with a second class action for allegedly misleading shareholders about it Remestemcel-L treatment for COVID-19 complications.
IP boutique claims doc destruction in client poaching case
An IP boutique in a lawsuit against two former lawyers who left to launch a rival firm has alleged documents it sought from the pair had been destroyed or deleted.