Sportsbet can’t peek at Maurice Blackburn’s finances ahead of possible security fight

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A judge has held off on requiring Maurice Blackburn to turn over financial information to Sportsbet in a class action over unlawful in-play betting, saying the parties should confer on the issue of security for costs without the extra information. 

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Judge hits pause on Paladin Energy class action pending carriage fight

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A judge has temporarily excused uranium miner Paladin Energy from providing initial discovery in a shareholder class action, as the parties wait for a competing class action to be filed. 

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Funder hit with costs in failed class action against EY, Quintis director

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The funder of a failed class action against the founder of sandalwood producer Quintis and EY and has been hit with costs, despite arguing the order would set a bad precedent. 

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Privilege not waived by ATO complying with Alcoa’s FOIA request, court says

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Save (0) Please login to bookmark Close Username or Email Address Password Remember Me The ATO has succeeded in challenging a decision which found it had waived privilege over draft expert reports in an email referring to its contents, with a court finding it is not the disclosure of the substance of privileged information per…

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HBSC denies ASIC claims it failed to protect customers from scams

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HSBC has hit back at ASIC’s claims that it failed to protect customers from scams, denying it breached its legislative duties despite admitting some of the regulator’s allegations concerning its compliance with the ePayments code, a voluntary code of conduct.

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Light & Wonder says Aristocrat’s Dragon Link info not trade secrets

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Gaming company Light & Wonder has hit back at Aristocrat’s intellectual property case, arguing that allegedly confidential information about the popular Dragon Link poker game was not trade secrets. 

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Clayton Utz bolsters risk advisory team with hires from CBA, A&O Shearman

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Clayton Utz has boosted the expertise in its risk advisory practice, hiring a trio of lawyers from CBA and A&O Shearman.

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NAB pays record penalty for breaches of consumer data sharing scheme

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Big Four bank NAB has paid $751,200 for inaccurate credit data disclosures under the Consumer Data Right rules, the largest penalty to date for breaches of the regulations.

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Hotel quarantine class action wants to put on ‘impossibly different’ case, court told

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The state of Victoria has sounded alarm bells about an amendment application by a class action over the COVID-19 hotel quarantine debacle, telling a judge it amounts to a new case with an “infinite number of permutations”.

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ANZ whistleblower can’t tweak case for 13th time on eve of trial

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Save (0) Please login to bookmark Close Username or Email Address Password Remember Me With three months until trial, a judge has knocked back a former ANZ trader’s bid to appeal a decision which barred him from amending his case for what would have been the thirteenth time. In a decision handed down last Thursday,…

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