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    James Packer has indicated he wants to continue the fight over the collapse of One.Tel, maintaining he was "profoundly misled" about the financial position of the company.

  • One.Tel ruling opens Murdoch/Packer door

    A landmark court ruling over the One.Tel collapse has brought its special purpose liquidator closer in his pursuit of Lachlan Murdoch and James Packer on behalf of creditors.

  • One.Tel saga made Rich a stronger man

    One.Tel founder Jodee Rich this week said the "dark" years leading up to Wednesday's victory in one of NSW's largest ever civil cases had made him a stronger man.

  • ASIC fails in One.Tel case

    The corporate watchdog has failed in its civil action against One.Tel founder Jodee Rich and the doomed telecommunication's company's finance director Mark Silbermann.

  • Bolton loses auDA court battle

    The Supreme Court of Victoria has ruled that the Australian Domain Name Administrator (auDA) acted correctly when it decided earlier this year to terminate the registrar accreditation of Nicholas Bolton's registry company Australian Style, trading as Bottle Domains.

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    Will Rudd's 'adios' threaten NBN funding?

    As the knee-jerk defensive responses to Rudd's "adios" subside and Australia moves on, has Rudd made Australia that little less appealing to the overseas investors he desperately needs to fund his NBN?

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  • One.Tel's final reckoning

    One.Tel backers James Packer and Lachlan Murdoch are unlikely to be tracking the latest career move by insolvency expert Paul Weston, but they know who he is and must dread what he is about to do. Thought the One.Tel legal action was over? Think again.

  • Uncloaking the US Patriot Act

    More information is dribbling out about the exercise of extraordinary powers granted to federal police since Sept 11. We unmask the Patriot Act.

  • Does Microsoft's settlement fever signal IP offensive?

    It's time for Microsoft to seek an annuity base that isn't as tied to the upgrade cycle as its current revenue model is.

  • Did SCO open Unix source code?

    Several organisations argue that SCO's shipment of a Linux product undermines its current attack on the operating system's intellectual-property underpinnings, but SCO says the argument is baseless.

  • Cyberlaw: Future's pretty fuzzy

    The state of Internet law was in flux in 2001. Lawyer Doug Isenberg says that if any lesson has emerged, it's that the same thing will probably remain true for 2002.

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  • Apple's patent bending

    Apple learnt its lesson when it tried - and failed - to sue Microsoft for copyright infringement of its interface. It has since turned its attention to patents but should not be allowed to succeed here either.

  • Can't stop the music

    Trying to find a path through the music copy and share debate is a continuing battle, but should it be?

  • Companies plan for XP upgrades

    Once you've decided to make the move to XP, there are plenty of deployment issues to consider. You'll have to decide where and how Windows XP will work best in your organisation.

  • Judge, jury and software engineer

    In terms of a legal conduct remedy for Microsoft, Larry Seltzer thinks that giving a judge the power to control an OS would be like asking software engineers to write laws.

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