Sports Flick Website Gone, Founder Accused Of Fraud
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September 7, 2021
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Australian sports streaming startup Sports Flick has vanished from the web as its founder faces allegations of fraud. The website for the... Read More
Regulators Swoop On Peloton Over Injuries
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August 30, 2021
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Peloton is bracing for financial pain as US government agencies circle, with numerous subpoenas and lawsuits now targeting the company over safety... Read More
$5m Bullying Case Overturned: Tech One Faces Re-Trial
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August 10, 2021
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The Federal Court has overturned a judgement against software company TechnologyOne over its handling of the dismissal of an executive, following multiple... Read More
Harassment Lawsuit Rocks World Of Warcraft Publisher
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July 23, 2021
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Activision Blizzard, one of the world’s largest gaming companies and the publisher behind titles such as World of Warcraft and Overwatch, is... Read More
Sega Sued Yet Again Over “Rigged” Arcade Game
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July 16, 2021
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Sega is facing a lawsuit over a “rigged” game cabinet found in shopping centres and arcades. The game Key Master (image from... Read More
Regulator Sues Amazon Over Dangerous Products
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July 15, 2021
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Amazon has been hit with a product safety lawsuit accusing the online retail giant of not doing enough about hundreds of thousands... Read More
Swedish Crypto Scammer Sentenced To 15 Years Jail
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July 12, 2021
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A Swedish man wanted by the US for defrauding over 3,500 victims of more than US$16 million has been sentenced to 15... Read More
Google Accused Of Squashing Play Store Competition
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July 8, 2021
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Google is staring down yet another antitrust lawsuit in the US, with 36 states plus Washington DC suing the tech giant for... Read More
Aust MPs Lobby Biden To Drop Assange Charges
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July 2, 2021
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A group of Australian politicians have sent a video to US President Joe Biden as they lobby the US to drop an... Read More
US Lawmakers Are Taking A Massive Swipe At Big Tech. If It Lands, The Impact Will Be Felt Globally
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June 18, 2021
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Five antitrust laws proposed in the United States aim to aggressively rein in the market power of “big tech” companies and change... Read More
Court Wallops Ikea For Spying On Workers
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June 16, 2021
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Ikea has been slugged with a €1 million ($1.58 million AUD) fine in France for spying on its staff. A French court... Read More
Afterpay Facing US Class Action As Research Predicts Revenue Upsurge
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June 10, 2021
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Australian buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) titan Afterpay is facing a class action in the US from users who claim it has deceived them... Read More
Massive Ice Haul Seized In BBQ Bust
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May 17, 2021
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Border Force has seized $94.5 million worth of ice from a shipment of barbeque grills and water heaters. The operation on May... Read More
Google Calls For A Day In Apple Vs Epic Court
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May 17, 2021
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The Federal Court will let Google have limited rights to appear in the current court battle between Apple and Epic Games, pending... Read More
ACCC Weighs In On Epic/Apple Stoush
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May 10, 2021
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The ACCC is moving to intervene in the Epic Games v Apple case in Australia as Epic appeals a stay to the... Read More
Epic Slams Apple’s “Walled Garden” In Antitrust Case
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May 4, 2021
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Epic Games and Apple are facing off in court as the massive antitrust lawsuit gets underway in earnest. The Fortnite developer is... Read More
Government Agencies Could Share Personal Data In New Bill
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May 3, 2021
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Privacy advocates fear Coalition’s proposed data-sharing law is reminiscent of the recent debacle of robodebt and Services Australia. Under a Coalition-proposed law... Read More
Sydney Man Cops Two-Year Sentence Over Online Issues
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April 26, 2021
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A 23-year-old Sydney man has received a two years and two months’ sentence, to be served by way of an intensive corrections... Read More
Aussie Claims To Be Bitcoin Inventor Satoshi Nakamoto
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April 26, 2021
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London’s High Court has allowed a case that could see its judges decide who invented bitcoin, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency, which last... Read More
Supreme Court Deems Java Fair Game; Oracle Loses To Google
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April 6, 2021
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A decade-long battle between Google and Oracle has finally reached its conclusion. The US Supreme Court ruled that Google didn’t commit copyright... Read More
Intel Forced To Pay Billions After Court Loss
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March 4, 2021
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Intel has been ordered to pay $2.18 billion USD ($2.8 billion AUD) in a patent lawsuit to a company that has since... Read More
$22.7 Million: ATO Hands Down Record Fine For Tax Rort
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February 17, 2021
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SYDNEY: A former tax agent has copped a massive penalty for scamming clients into claiming oversized tax offsets using a research and... Read More
Kogan Coughs Up $310k Spam Fine
Online retailer Kogan.com has paid a $310,800 fine for breaching the Spam Act, just a month after being slapped with a $350,000... Read More
Tech Giants Face EU Fines Of Up To 10 Percent Of Turnover
BRUSSELS: New draft EU rules may penalise US tech giants such as Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google if they don’t change their... Read More
“Unconscionable” Sales To Indigenous Customers Could Cost Telstra $50M
Telstra could pay out a $50 million settlement over admitted breaches of Australian consumer law and “unconscionable” sales of post-paid mobile products... Read More
Massive GST Fiddle Sends Melbourne Man To 5 Years In Jug
MELBOURNE: A 38-year-old fraud syndicate member who conspired to defraud the Commonwealth of more than $5 million through goods and services tax... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Apple Security Head Hit With Bribery Charges
Apple has found themselves caught up in a bribery scandal with a US district attorney accusing Apple’s Chief Security Officer Thomas Moyer... Read More
$27bn Fine Possible As EU Puts Amazon In Competition Crosshairs
Amazon could be slugged with a fine in excess of $27 billion AUD in Europe, as the European Commission charges the ecommerce... Read More
Zoom Boosts Security In Bid To Avoid Litigation
SAN FRANCISCO: Videoconferencing platform Zoom has agreed to boost its security to settle claims it misled users about access to online meetings... Read More
Dick Smith LIVE: Former Chair Rob Murray Contemplated Sacking Abboud, Potts
Former Dick Smith chair Rob Murray has said he had contemplated sacking CEO Nick Abboud and CFO Michael Potts following meetings around... Read More
Nokia Facing Setback In Battle With Lenovo
FRANKFURT: A German appeals court has lifted an injunction won by Nokia in a patent dispute with Lenovo, blocking the world’s largest... Read More
Dick Smith LIVE: Former Myer Chairman Questioned Over Dick Smith Collapse
Bill Wavish, a former director of Dick Smith, has been called before the NSW Supreme Court to answer questions about obsolescence provisioning... Read More
Dick Smith CEO Threatened To Dump Deloitte Over Questionable Payments
Former Dick Smith CEO Nick Abboud has come under heavy fire in the witness box today as barristers put it to him... Read More
Dick Smith, Ongoing Court Case Coverage
Former Dick Smith CEO Nick Abboud is back in the dock at the NSW Supreme Court today to continue to answer questions... Read More
Dick Smith LIVE: Obsolete Stock The Focus As Nick Abboud Back In Witness Stand
Former Dick Smith CEO Nick Abboud is back in the dock for the NSW Supreme Court hearing today, with obsolete stock procedures... Read More
Dick Smith LIVE: Abboud Admits Dick Smith Deferred Payments To Creditors, Paid Dividends Instead
Ex Dick Smith CEO Nick Abboud has admitted in court to pushing back payments to suppliers in order to pay dividends in... Read More
Dick Smith Claims Execs Failed To Manage Buyers Or Their Practices
Serious questions have been asked about collapsed retailer Dick Smith’s rebate maximisation policy, with lawyers suggesting buyers at the company were out... Read More
Dick Smith Class Action, Watch Live Coverage Here
Former directors, of the failed Dick Smith retail chain, who stand accused of lying over the performance of the retailer who was... Read More
Macquarie Telecom Accused Of Copying File-Share Product
MELBOURNE: Macquarie Telecom has been taken to court by Melbourne-based global tech company Cocoon Data, claiming the telco copied one of its... Read More
ACCC Fines SOS Alarm Maker $25K Over Dodgy Claims
The ACCC has hit mobile personal alarm seller Live Life Alarms with $25,200 in fines for alleged false or misleading claims on... Read More
Apple Stole Blood Oxygen Technology For Watch Series 6, Says Sensor Maker
A medical sensor manufacturer has accused Apple of trying to delay a legal battle over allegedly stolen technology in order to sell... Read More
Former Amazon Manager Made $1.4m From Insider Trading: SEC
SEATTLE: The US Securities and Exchange Commission alleges that Laksha Bohra, who worked as a senior manager in Amazon’s tax department, had... Read More
Huawei CFO Meng Fights US Extradition
VANCOUVER: Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou returned to a Canadian court to resume her fight against extradition to the US, saying fraud claims... Read More
Apple-Epic Battle Should Be Heard By Jury, Says Judge
The judge overseeing the legal stoush between Apple and Fortnite developer Epic Games has said the matter should be resolved by a... Read More
Last-Minute Injunction Spares TikTok From App Store Ban
TikTok has won an eleventh-hour injunction against the Trump administration’s ban, which would have seen it forced off Apple and Google’s app... Read More
US Tightens Screws On China’s Top Chipmaker
The Trump administration has slapped new export restrictions on China’s biggest chip manufacturer. Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation’s (SMIC) suppliers will have to... Read More
Washington Determined To Bar WeChat App
WASHINGTON: The US Justice Department has asked a federal judge to allow the US Government to bar Apple and Google from offering... Read More
EU To Challenge Apple Tax Verdict
BRUSSELS: The European Commission plans to appeal against a ruling that Apple does not have to pay €13bn euros in back taxes... Read More
TikTok And WeChat Receive Stays Of Execution
An eleventh-hour thumbs-up from President Donald Trump has potentially saved TikTok from shutting down in the US, while a court injunction has... Read More
Google Sued For $3.3 Billion
LONDON: A European campaign group is suing Google for up to US$3.3 billion over claims that YouTube breaks EU data protection laws... Read More