Justice Perry on AI

Australian women lose class action against Bayer over birth control device Essure - ABC News

Rail union fails to overturn Sydney strike ban as court showdown looms | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

Pesutto paid ‘secret’ $50k to cover women’s rights activists’ legal bills [The Australian paywall]

The Victorian Liberal leader paid $50,000 to cover the legal bills of two women’s rights activists suing him for defamation after he suggested they were linked to neo-Nazis, having it wired directly into a trust by his former staffer.

Melbourne billionaire Adrian Portelli’s court fight over hooning charges | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

Rohan Dennis pleads guilty to lesser charge over death of Olympian wife Melissa Hoskins - ABC News

Super Retail whistleblowers hospitalised, court hears [AFR paywall]

The two are feeling the stress of the wrongful termination suit brought against their former employer, which failed to block the case from public viewing.

Alan Yazbek ‘no Nazi lover’, magistrate says, as restaurateur escapes conviction for displaying swastika | New South Wales | The Guardian

IAG to defend its NRMA brand against ‘loyalty tax’ class action [The Australian paywall]

Insurance giant IAG says it did not mislead customers despite a law firm’s allegations an algorithm was used to increase base premiums on customers least likely to switch insurers.

Technology without borders: Global co-operation and domestic impacts - The Hon Justice Melissa Perry (FCA)

Opinions might offend, but this lawyer argues they shouldn’t cost someone their job [The Age paywall]

The social media pile-on is today’s baying mob, where algorithms reward “Colosseum-style” justice. Josh Bornstein says employers have become moral arbiters and control too much of our lives.

Two New Orleans law firms charged with staging accidents for settlements | US crime | The Guardian

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fronts corruption trial - ABC News