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A judge has rejected as "approaching an abuse of process" a bid by internet provider Origin Net for more documents from power company Origin Energy ahead of next month's trial in their intellectual property stoush.

The Full Court has found an employee of e-commerce merchandise importer New Aim breached his duty of confidence by providing contact details of the company's suppliers, stored on WeChat on his personal phone, to a competitor. 

A judge has hit a container systems company with indemnity costs for tendering hundreds of pages of irrelevant evidence in a trade mark dispute and warned "future litigants that fail to heed this caution" face costs risks.

A judge has ordered the developer of a luxury apartment block in Vaucluse, Sydney to pay builder Reform Projects over $260,000, after finding a payment claim sent to the same email as earlier claims had been validly served.

KSF Kramer's litigation practice is getting a boost, with three new partners appointed in Australia to meet strong demand for its class action defence expertise, in addition to seven new partners appointed across other practice areas.

A court has approved a settlement in a class action by owners against the developer of a Brisbane condominuim, which claimed off-the-plan contracts were wrongly terminated when neighbouring property values soared.

Actor Rebel Wilson, who is facing trial in a defamation case by the lead actress on her directorial debut, appeared indifferent when told the actress had bathed with one of the film's producers, a court has heard.

An appeals court has overturned a decision barring a law firm from acting in an employment case, saying it was an error for a judge to make the order without the firm being joined to the injunction bid.

The ACCC has won court approval to make submissions on relief in Fortnite game maker Epic Games' case against Apple, after a judge found the tech company misused its market power in the app marketplace.

Pathology services provider Australian Clinical Labs has been hit with a class action over a 2022 data breach that compromised the sensitive personal information of 223,000 customers of its Medlab business, including tests for fertility and STDs.