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Traditional custodian prevails in challenge to Woodside’s Scarborough gas project
Environment 2023-09-28 11:23 am By Sam Matthews

A traditional custodian has won her bid to halt seismic blasting for Woodside’s Scarborough gas project off the coast of Western Australia, in a legal challenge similar to one that put Santos’ $4.7 billion Barossa project on ice.

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Epic Games cases against Google, Apple to run alongside class actions
John Sheahan 2023-09-28 10:11 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has ordered lawsuits by Fortnite owner Epic Games against Apple and Google to be heard together with class actions against the tech giants on behalf of app developers and customers who accuse them of distorting competition in the app marketplace.

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Judge dismisses Sanofi’s concerns about Amgen hot tub gang-up
Intellectual Property 2023-09-28 11:31 am By Sam Matthews

Sanofi has lost its bid to limit evidence from experts for Amgen in a patent dispute over a cholesterol-lowering antibody, with a judge dismissing concerns about Amgen having a majority of experts giving concurrent evidence. In an application filed at the beginning of the month, the French pharmaceutical company sought to bar Amgen from relying…

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Law firm, funder seek $13.8M cut from $26M Ardent Leisure class action settlement
Class Actions 2023-09-27 1:22 pm By Sam Matthews

The firm and funder that ran a shareholder class action against Ardent Leisure over the 2016 Dreamworld tragedy are seeking deductions totalling more than half of the $26 million settlement reached in the case.

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Shine nabs new class actions practice leader from KWM
Class Actions 2023-09-27 11:40 am By Sam Matthews

The lawyer who advised Seqwater in its successful defence of the monumental Queensland floods class action has joined Shine Lawyers as one of the firm’s three class action practice leaders.

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Tax leaks report skewers PwC’s ‘whatever it takes’ culture
Tax 2023-09-27 10:12 pm By Sam Matthews

An independent investigation commenced in the wake of PwC’s tax leaks scandal has taken the firm to task for its “whatever it takes” growth strategy and “overly collegial” culture, which discouraged constructive criticism.

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AMP appeals financial advisers’ win in BOLR class action
Appeals 2023-09-27 11:06 pm By Christine Caulfield

AMP has appealed its loss in a class action over changes to its buyer of last resort policy, under which the wealth manager slashed the amount it would pay financial advisers for their books of business.

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Latitude customer seeks to join tech giants to $1M suit over data breach
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2023-09-27 10:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A customer of non-bank lender Latitude Financial has filed a bid to join tech giants DXC Technology and Crowdstrike to her lawsuit claiming over $1 million in compensation from a cyberattack that compromised 14 million customer records.

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Gladys Berejiklian challenges ICAC corruption finding
Public Corruption 2023-09-27 9:51 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Former premier of NSW Gladys Berejiklian has filed a legal challenge to an ICAC report which found she and her ex-boyfriend, former member for Wagga Wagga Daryl Maguire, engaged in “serious corrupt conduct”.

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War crimes investigator can access sensitive info in Ben Roberts-Smith case
Defamation 2023-09-27 3:09 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Office of the Special Investigator has been granted access to sensitive evidence in Ben Roberts-Smith’s unsuccessful defamation case against Fairfax for its investigation into war crimes in Afghanistan. 

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