In the first-ever civil penalty proceedings for breaches of the Privacy Act, pathology services provider Australian Clinical Labs has been ordered to pay $5.8 million over a 2022 data breach that compromised the sensitive personal information of 223,000 customers of its Medlab business.
Litigation funder Woodsford has struck back at a discrimination suit by a former female director, admitting its CEO described her male colleague as a “thrusting young buck” but denying the phrase was gendered.
Western Sydney University is facing a class action alleging it misled students into studying a health engineering degree that was unaccredited, on the heels of similar claims being leveled at the University of Newcastle.
Children’s entertainment group The Wiggles has reached a settlement resolving a case by its former CEO, who claimed he was axed after complaints about co-founder and Blue Wiggle Anthony Field.
Abbey Animal Health has appealed its loss in a suit seeking to invalidate rival Virbac’s patent for an antiparasitic drug.
The liquidator for collapsed property developer Monarch Tower has lost its appeal seeking an extension of time to bring voidable transaction claims said to be worth $27 million against 13 individuals and companies.
Commonwealth Bank’s New Zealand unit, ASB Bank, has agreed to pay $119.35 million to settle a class action alleging it failed to repay fees and interest wrongly charged to 150,000 customers who took out home or personal loans.
Green iron startup Element Zero is challenging a bid by Fortescue for access to nine million seized documents in their trade secrets spat, saying its rival has not met the test for proving inadequate discovery of material.
A judge has ordered federal prosecutors to drop a criminal tax fraud case against a medical researcher, finding an ATO officer lied and tampered with evidence during the probe.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has approved Cboe’s application to list companies on its platform, in direct competition with market operators, including the Australian Securities Exchange.