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Kraken crypto exchange operator denies it offered credit facility
The Australian provider of the Kraken crypto exchange has told a court that its margin trading product is not a credit facility, rejecting the corporate regulator’s “overly broad” definition of the word ‘credit’. 
Apple decries Epic Games’ attempted ‘freeriding’ in competition case over lucrative app stores
In a landmark competition case, Apple has told the Federal Court that Epic Games and other developers should not be allowed to "freeride" on the resources and user base the tech giant has “spent many billions” to develop. 
Google attacked for ‘untruthful evidence’, failure to call top execs in Epic Games trial
Epic Games has taken aim at Google for the “untruthful evidence” of its witnesses in the game maker's competition case against the tech giant, as well as its failure to call senior executives to the stand to defend itself. 
No docs, no Tim Cook: Epic Games assails Apple’s ‘contrived’ defence in trial’s closing arguments
Video game maker Epic Games has attacked as "entirely contrived" the defence by Apple in closing submissions in a Federal Court trial of its landmark competition case, pointing to the tech giant's lack of evidence, including from CEO Tim Cook.
MinterEllison advice in spotlight in ASIC case against Dixon Advisory director
Trial in ASIC’s action accusing former Dixon Advisory director Paul Ryan of breaching his duties began Monday, a case that puts the spotlight on legal advice over a deed that affected the wealth management firm's capacity to recoup a $19 million debt on the eve of its collapse.
Mark Latham’s homophobic tweet sparked ‘graphic’ abuse, death threats, Sydney MP says
A homophobic tweet by former NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham unleashed an "utterly hateful torrent of abuse and vitriol", including death threats against Independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich, which left him fearing for his safety, a court has heard. 
Hanson says she didn’t know Greens leader was Muslim when she wrote ‘piss off’ tweet
One Nation senator Pauline Hanson has been accused of lying under oath after claiming she did not know deputy Greens leader Mehreen Faruqi was Muslim when she wrote in a a tweet that the senator should “piss off back to Pakistan”. 
Pauline Hanson’s ‘dog whistle’ tweet caused torrent of abuse, says Greens’ Mehreen Faruqi
Pauline Hanson’s tweet that Mehreen Faruqi should “piss off back to Pakistan” was not a fair comment on a post the deputy Greens leader made after Queen Elizabeth II died that was critical of the monarchy, Faruqi argued as trial kicked off in her racial discrimination case against the One Nation leader.
Even an entirely discredited Bruce Lehrmann could win his defamation case
Attacks at trial on the credibility of Bruce Lehrmann hit their target, but it's still his case to lose on Monday morning, when judgment is delivered on his defamation claims against Ten. Throughout the case the network has borne the burden of proving Brittany Higgins' rape allegation was true, and it is the very seriousness of that allegation that made the task harder.
Police thought Higgins ‘may have been drugged’, say new submissions in Lehrmann case
A master chronology of the events on the night Bruce Lerhmann allegedly raped former policital staffer Brittany Higgins in Parliament House reveals federal police had concerns that Higgins may have been drugged.