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Partner numbers at consulting firms should be capped in wake of PwC scandal: report
Policy and Regulation 2024-11-07 11:50 pm By Christine Caulfield

Professional services firms should be limited to 400 partners to improve accountability and transparency, a final parliamentary report into the PwC tax scandal has proposed.

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Class actions against Ford, Toyota score major win in High Court
Class Actions 2024-11-06 3:06 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The High Court has upheld appeals in class actions against Ford and Toyota over the calculation of damages for reduction in value of defective vehicles.

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In fight to protect UBank brand, NAB wins challenge to UWallet trade mark
Financial Services 2024-11-06 1:53 pm By Cindy Cameronne

NAB has successfully opposed a US company’s bid to register a trade mark for ‘UWallet’, with IP Australia rejecting claims the bank was trying to establish a “de facto monopoly”.

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MinterEllison brings on seven partners from PwC
Business of Law 2024-11-06 4:06 pm By Andy Sidler

Still feeling aftershocks from last year’s tax leaks scandal, PricewaterhouseCoopers has lost seven partners to the risk and regulatory team of Big Six law firm MinterEllison.

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Class closure ‘anathema’ to class action regime, contradictors tell High Court
Class Actions 2024-11-04 11:39 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Class closure orders are “anathema” to the purpose of group proceedings in facilitating access to justice and should never be ordered, the High Court has been told.

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Isuzu takes fight over Directed Electronics’ case to Full Court
Appeals 2024-11-01 11:48 pm By Christine Caulfield

Isuzu is not giving up its bid to slam the brakes on a suit by car alarm company Directed Electronics over alleged trade secrets theft.

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Medibank says Deloitte data breach report not relevant in shareholder class action
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-10-29 11:43 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Medibank is seeking to shield from a shareholder class action an “irrelevant” post-incident report by Deloitte into its massive October 2022 data breach.

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Antoinette Lattouf claims ABC managing director, ex-chair involved in sacking
Employment 2024-10-28 11:33 pm By Andy Sidler

Former radio host Antoinette Lattouf will argue at trial that the ex-chair of the ABC, Ita Buttrose, and managing director David Anderson were involved in the decision to terminate her contract. 

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Discovery led to funder dropping class action against Westpac unit
Financial Services 2024-10-25 3:19 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action targeting Westpac subsidiary BT Funds and Tal Life Insurance was discontinued after documents discovered by the companies caused funder Woodsford to bow out.

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AAI class action wants to press mandatory insurance claim at trial
Class Actions 2024-10-25 11:26 pm By Andy Sidler

A ‘junk’ insurance class action against Suncorp unit AAI wants an initial trial to deal with the claim — absent a sample group member — that car dealers made purchasing a policy necessary for a loan.

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