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SkyCity hit with $67M penalty in AUSTRAC case
AUSTRAC 2024-06-07 2:11 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has ordered SkyCity to pay a $67 million penalty in AUSTRACā€™s case alleging it allowed $4 billion in suspicious transactions, finding it was an “appropriate” sum, even when compared with the $450 million fine handed to Crown last July.

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‘Industrial scale misuse’: Fortescue sues former exec’s green iron start-up Element Zero
Intellectual Property 2024-06-05 10:09 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Fortescue has brought legal action against start-up Element Zero and three former employees, alleging ā€œindustrial scale misuseā€ of the Western Australian mining company’s confidential information.

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Medical cannabis distributor wins injunction after suspected hack
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-05-28 2:56 pm By Sam Matthews

Medicinal cannabis company Vitura Health has won its bid for orders restricting the access of a software partner to its IT systems after an alleged hack.

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Jaguar class action judge did not ‘become a witness’ in siding with G+T, says Full Court
Class Actions 2024-05-27 11:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne

While it was unfair for a judge to pick Gilbert + Tobin to run a class action against Jaguar Land Rover on the condition that it lower its funding rate, the judge was entitled to consider the law firmā€™s experience in a similar case against Toyota, an appeals court has said in its reasons.Ā 

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Aristocrat can’t get docs yet for possible trade secrets suit
Appeals 2024-05-27 3:46 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has rejected Aristocratā€™s bid for orders requiring competitor Light & Wonder to hand over documents to be placed ā€œin an envelopeā€ for speedy production should its appeal of a decision ordering that it produce the documents to Aristocrat for possible trade secrets suit fail.

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Judge won’t dock developer’s case against NSW Ports over privatisation deal
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-05-22 11:32 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A New South Wales developer’s competition case against NSW Ports over a ports privatisation agreement looks bound for the High Court after a judge found a related ACCC proceeding did not bar it from bringing the case, which will challenge a Full Court finding that the ports operator was shielded by derivative Crown immunity.

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PwC faces negligence case over tax liability for $100M estate
Tax 2024-05-21 12:47 pm By Cindy Cameronne

PricewaterhouseCoopers is facing a lawsuit by the executor of a deceased estate alleging the accounting firm gave negligent advice and acted with a conflict of interest while advising on tax liabilities for the deceasedā€™s $100 million in assets.

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Light & Wonder strikes back as Aristocrat mulls suit over Lightning Link trade secrets
Appeals 2024-05-20 11:09 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Game maker Light & Wonder is fighting orders requiring it to hand over information to Aristocrat Gaming for a possible suit alleging it and two former employees who jumped ship misused confidential information about Aristocrat’s popular Lightning Link and Dragon Link games.

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Decision awarding Jaguar class action to Gilbert + Tobin shot down on appeal
Appeals 2024-05-17 11:09 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A decision awarding carriage to Gilbert + Tobin in a class action against Jaguar Land Rover on the condition that it lower its funding rate lacked procedural fairness, the Full Court has found, prompting the firm to team up with its competitor to run the case.Ā 

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Class action firms that play nice should not have a leg up in beauty parade, court told
Class Actions 2024-05-08 11:16 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Appellate guidance is needed on whether a history of cooperation between law firms that brought competing class actions can be the deciding factor in a close carriage contest, the Victorian Court of Appeal has heard.

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