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High Court dismisses Clive Palmer’s challenge to WA’s COVID-19 border restrictions
Billionaire Clive Palmer has lost his challenge to Western Australia's COVID-19 border lockdown, with the High Court tossing the case after finding the state's measures were constitutionally valid.
Mylan fails in High Court bid to save patents for top seller Lipidil
The High Court has declined to take up Mylan's challenge to a Full Court ruling upholding the invalidity of three patents for its blockbuster cholesterol drug Lipidil.
New High Court judges Gleeson, Steward safe picks after secretive process
Federal Court Justices Jacqueline Gleeson and Simon Steward are safe and steady appointments to the High Court that are unlikely to disrupt the current culture of the bench and do nothing to assuage concerns about the opacity of the selection process.
Federal Court judges Jacqueline Gleeson, Simon Steward appointed to High Court
The Morrison government has picked Federal Court Justices Simon Steward and Jacqueline Gleeson to fill the impending vacancies on the High Court.
Victoria keeps options open in High Court lockdown challenge
The Victorian government has not decided how it will respond to a constitutional challenge brought in the High Court against the state's COVID-19 lockdown measures, and has been given just four more days to make its move. 
High Court won’t review $280,000 defamation award to lawyer branded ‘Centrelink cheat’
The High Court has declined to review $280,000 in damages awarded to a lawyer, after an appeals court found a Today Tonight segment labelling her a "Centrelink cheat" was defamatory.
Andrews government faces High Court challenge to COVID-19 lockdown
A Sorrento bar owner backed by two high profile barristers is taking the Andrews government to the High Court claiming Victoria's lockdown is an unconstitutional restriction on the freedom of movement of the state's 6.6 million residents.
High Court won’t hear Rokt appeal on software patentability
The High Court has declined to weigh in on the patentability of software, rejecting e-commerce company Rokt's bid for review of a decision striking down its marketing invention.
‘A chilling effect’: Media giants take Facebook comments case to High Court
Media outlets facing liability for allegedly defamatory remarks left under news articles they posted on Facebook are taking their case to the High Court, after a court of appeal found the companies were publishers of the third-party comments.
High Court won’t hear appeal in defamation case over Facebook comments
The High Court has rejected an appeal challenging a ruling that found a failed political candidate liable for defamatory responses made by readers of two Facebook posts he published that labelled a South Australian businessman greedy and selfish, but the court has left the door open to weigh in on the issue of secondary publication of social media comments.