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Baker McKenzie dragged into lawsuit over Armour takeover
Corporate 2024-05-21 2:51 pm By Sam Matthews

Baker McKenzie has been dragged into a court case brought by a shareholder and creditor of failed energy company Armour Group, which alleges the law firm was knowingly involved in a plan by China-based Shunkang Group to take control of the company for cheap.

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Vic Supreme Court can’t prefer own state’s policy in class action transfer bid, High Court told
Class Actions 2024-05-21 11:08 pm By Sam Matthews

Supporting KPMG’s bid to move a class action over the collapse of Arrium from Melboure to Sydney, former directors of the failed steel company have told the High Court the Victoria Supreme Court was impermissibly preferring the policy of its state in finding a contingency fee order made in the case could be factored into a transfer application.

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Medibank CEO takes stand to shield Deloitte reports from class action
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-05-20 11:38 pm By Sam Matthews

Medibank CEO David Koczkar has taken the stand to help defeat a class action’s bid to uncover several reports, including three by Deloitte, commissioned in the wake of a massive data breach, which the health insurer argues are privileged.

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Nationwide News wins bid for serious harm hearing over Shandee Blackburn podcast
Defamation 2024-05-17 11:01 am By Sam Matthews

A judge hearing a defamation case over a podcast by The Australian about the murder of Shandee Blackburn has granted a bid by a News Corp unit for a pre-trial hearing to determine whether acquitted suspect John Peros suffered serious harm from the podcast.

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HWL Ebsworth to shake up management model
Business of Law 2024-05-16 11:18 pm By Sam Matthews

HWL Ebsworth has formally replaced its managing partner structure with a company board, following the death of managing partner Juan Martinez in March. 

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AFP investigating large-scale data breach of mystery health information company
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-05-16 11:44 pm By Sam Matthews

Federal police are investigating a large-scale data breach at an unnamed commercial health information organisation, the National Cyber Security Coordinator has revealed. 

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‘Well outside the median range’: Judge questions GCO rate in FleetPartners class action
Class Actions 2024-05-15 10:57 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has expressed concerns about the plaintiff’s proposed group costs order rate in a shareholder class action against fleet management company FleetPartners, saying the purpose of the GCO regime was to lower costs to group members.

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ANZ to face expanded claims in superannuation class action
Class Actions 2024-05-15 11:07 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action against ANZ and former subsidiary OnePath has been given the green light to “significantly expand” its case against the big four bank, over three years after the case was first filed.

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Judge blasts eSafety Commissioner bid for global takedown orders against X
Social Media 2024-05-14 10:56 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has given a poor prognosis to the eSafety Commissioner’s case seeking to have X Corp remove posts that depict a stabbing of a bishop at a Sydney church,  calling it an alarming and unreasonable attempt to exert control over activities abroad.

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Builder can’t revive abandoned claims against AGL
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-05-14 11:08 pm By Sam Matthews

Collapsed construction and maintenance company General Trade Industries has lost its bid to revive abandoned claims against AGL in a nearly four-year old contract case over work on two Queensland gas plants, with a judge finding the company has had “more than a sufficient opportunity to plead its case”.

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