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Privilege claims in Australian Mastercard antitrust lawsuit remain unresolved

By James Panichi ( August 15, 2025, 10:15 GMT | Insight) -- The Mastercard antitrust lawsuit unfolding in Australia remains mired in clashes over legal privilege and access to documents, with a court hearing today resolving some sticking points only to then grapple with new claims about how privilege should be determined. In the Federal Court of Australia, Mastercard and the country’s competition watchdog withdrew some claims over whether contentious documents should be covered by privilege, although the issue of whether comments added to documents by lawyers voided privilege remains unresolved.The Mastercard antitrust lawsuit unfolding in Australia remains mired in clashes over legal privilege and access to documents, with a court hearing today resolving some sticking points only to then grapple with new claims about how privilege should be determined....

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