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A class action has told the Federal Court that franchisees of defunct Westpac subsidiary RAMS felt targeted and discriminated against after being flagged for "suspected anomalies" during an investigation.
The latest privacy reforms will target risks associated with new digital technology and artificial intelligence, adding a fair and reasonable test for data collection and a right to erasure on large platforms.
Litigation funder Omni Bridgeway is challenging a decision that halved its $71 million commission in the Robodebt class action, which settled for $550 million.
The workplace umpire has proposed a landmark change that will allow more than 1.5 million employees -- the majority of them women -- to request a working from home arrangement, but has stopped short of a presumptive right in favour of the arrangements.e
In her first speech as chair of ASIC, Sarah Court has called for regulation of Big 4 accounting firms in the wake of the KPMG whistleblower scandal and warned the collapse of property developer Bathla may be the “first significant crack” in the private credit market.
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Electricity network provider Transgrid says network upgrades are needed to deal with the "unprecedented interest" in connecting new data centres and that centre operators should foot the bill.
Macquarie's board will no longer back the appointment of KPMG to replace PricewaterhouseCoopers as the group's auditor, following claims audit partners used confidential client information to win tenders.
The state of NSW has dodged a bid to strike out its defence in a class action accusing it of unfair prosecution of south coast Indigenous groups for engaging in cultural fishing practices.
Class action firms reaping the benefits of contingency fees should brace for more high-dollar security for costs applications, on top of the reputational risks of having their finances aired in court, defence lawyers told Lawyerly.
Shine Lawyers has written down its work in progress and disbursements by $13 million from a class action after an "unexpected" judgment, it said Friday, a week before the release of its 2026 financial year results.