Uber has hit back at claims that it engaged in corporate espionage by using a software program called SurfCam to lure drivers away from rival GoCatch, saying its actions could not be compared to burglary because the material it obtained was not confidential.
Lawyers at Herbert Smith Freehills panicked as their client Uber obfuscated a regulator’s investigation during an alleged unlawful conspiracy to launch illegal rideshare operations, a trial has heard.
A judge has quashed the OAIC’s decision to reject a second class action-style complaint filed over the massive Optus data breach, finding the Privacy Act does not bar second-in-time proceedings.
The High Court has agreed to weigh in on a 16-year battle between the federal government and French drug maker Sanofi-Aventis over an allegedly unjustified court order that prevented the release of a generic version of blockbuster blood-thinner Plavix.
ANZ will appeal a ruling that it breached its continuous disclosure obligations when it failed to inform the ASX of a bailout by the underwriters of a 2015 institutional share placement.
ANZ’s failure to disclose a bailout by banks underwriting a $2.5 billion share placement has resulted in a penalty of less than $1 million, ending an eight-year saga that included an aborted criminal trial.
Optus has lodged an appeal of a judgment that found the teleco could not claim legal professional privilege to shield from a class action a report by consulting giant Deloitte into last year’s major data breach.
The High Court will hear a $130 million case by two contractors on Chevron’s Gorgon gas field project, which argue the Western Australia Court of Appeal was outside power to uphold a ruling that set aside an arbitration win.
Optus is considering an appeal of a judgment allowing a class action to access a report from Deloitte into last year’s major data breach, saying its release could raise national security concerns.
Star Entertainment has made admissions in AUSTRAC’s action alleging non-compliance with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws, but there are still substantial issues in dispute, a court has heard.