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Judge rejects NABā€™s bid for class closure in Walton class action
Class Actions 2024-09-03 1:43 pm By Sam Matthews

The judge overseeing an $100 million class action against NAB over the collapse of Walton Construction has rejected the bankā€™s bid for soft class closure ahead of mediation.

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Optus had four years to fix coding error behind massive cyberattack, says ACMA
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-06-24 11:08 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Australian Communications and Media Authority says a coding error on a dormant website that went undetected for four years was behind a massive data breach that exposed the information of close to 10 million Optus customers, with the regulator saying the hack was ā€œnot highly sophisticatedā€.Ā 

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Judge mulls joint trial of ACMA case, class action against Optus
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-06-14 3:35 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge overseeing several cases against Optus over a September 2022 data breach has raised the possibility of hearing a class action against the telco alongside new proceedings brought by the Australian Communications and Media Authority.

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IAL hit with $40M penalty over unpaid NRMA loyalty discounts
Insurance 2023-06-30 4:03 pm By Christine Caulfield

A court has imposed a $40 million penalty on Insurance Australia Limited in a case by the corporate regulator alleging NRMA customers were not paid $60 million in promised loyalty discounts.

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ANZ cops $25M penalty for short-changing half a million Breakfree customers
Financial Services 2022-10-26 12:14 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has hit ANZ with a $25 million penalty in a case by the corporate regulator that alleged the bank short-changed hundreds of thousands of customers to the tune of $200 million.

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