Privacy & Cybersecurity
Law firm files representative complaint with OAIC over Qantas data breach
A law firm has filed a representative complaint with the OAIC on behalf of six million Qantas customers affected by the company's recent data breach.
Class Actions
Crown Resorts to pay $73M to settle shareholder class action
Casino operator Crown has agreed to pay $73 million over two years to settle a shareholder class action accusing it of lax money laundering compliance, with solicitors set to take home $20 million.
Defamation
Barrister loses bid to appeal in fight with solicitors over cavoodle case fees
A barrister who won a defamation case against Nine over an Instagram-famous cavoodle has lost her bid to appeal a ruling in a fight with her former solicitors over fees.
Competition & Consumer Protection
Law firm’s cut no sure thing as judge OKs $87M settlement in Hino class action
A judge has approved an $87 million settlement in a class action against Hino Motors, but says he needs to hear from a contradictor before greenlighting a law firm's 25 per cent contingency fee.
Media
Contempt bid against Nine’s in-house lawyers, journalists dismissed
A judge has tossed an application for a contempt hearing against in-house lawyers, editors and journalists at Nine who allegedly breached suppression orders in a former ABC radio host’s unfair dismissal case.
Class Actions
Discrimination class action against NT police could raise ‘massive issue’: judge
A racial discrimination class action against the Northern Territory government and its police commissioner could "call into question" policing across the territory, a judge has said.
Employment
CBA faces union action for alleged offshoring of hundreds of jobs
The Finance Sector Union has taken Commonwealth Bank to the Fair Work Commission over the alleged "sham redundancy” of over 100 positions it says are being offshored to India in breach of an enterprise agreement.
Competition & Consumer Protection
Port of Newcastle defeats Glencore suit over wharfage fees
Glencore Coal has lost its case against the Port of Newcastle alleging it has been overcharged shipping fees based on a determination by the competition watchdog.
Class Actions
Class action alleges developer backed out of sales after market spiked
Developer Dennis Family Corporation has been hit with class action by purchasers of apartment units in Brisbane who allege their contracts were wrongly terminated after the market value of neighbouring properties soared by 40 per cent.
ASIC
ASIC wins travel ban, citing possible $640M in Keystone, Falcon investor losses
ASIC has won travel bans against two people who are being investigated over their links to Keystone and Falcon Capital funds, which are suspected of misusing investor money, after the regulator claimed losses could be “catastrophic”.
