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Commonwealth Bank pays record penalty over consumer data sharing failures
The Commonwealth Bank has paid $792,000 in penalties after the consumer watchdog found it had failed to enable data sharing for certain business customers. 
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CIP can subpoena police in $30M suit over Carver’s Reach development
CIP Group can subpoena Queensland Police, with a judge finding the timing of an ex-business partner's complaints to police may be material to a change of tack in CIP's $30 million suit over a residential development.
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No split trial in suit over confidential South Australia solar plant info
Solar developer Green Gold Energy has lost its bid to bifurcate an upcoming trial in its case accusing competitor Trina Solar of misusing its confidential information, with a judge citing the risks of a retrial. 
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Fight breaks out over $3.5M surplus from Callide administration
IG Energy and former subsidiary IG Power -- now owned by Czech investment firm Sev.en -- are fighting over a $3.5 million surplus from the administration of IG's interest in the Callide Power Station in Queensland.
‘Not responsible litigants’: Fed-up judge issues 30th judgment in vodka TM case
After years of pre-trial stoushes, a trademark dispute over Russian vodka has worn a Federal Court judge's patience thin, with the judge remarking that the court was entitled to expect better from the litigants.
ACCC appoints NSW data chief as commissioner
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has appointed the NSW government’s former chief data scientist as a commissioner, adding experience in AI as the regulator eyes a more data-driven approach. 
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York Property loses appeal of $12.7M decision in dispute over Gold Cost high-rise
York Property has lost an appeal in a dispute with builder Tomkins over a payment claim for work on a Gold Coast high-rise, with the appeals court declining to set aside an adjudicator's decision that was later cut down to $12.7 million. 
ATO’s appeal flops in $52M row with streetwear brand City Beach
An appeals court has confirmed that a restructuring by streetwear retailer City Beach did not involve a $52 million tax avoidance scheme, tossing a challenge by the tax office.
Four arrested as part of Bendigo Bank money laundering probe
Police have arrested four individuals who are suspected of being involved in a money laundering operation at a Bendigo Bank branch in Victoria.
$2.4M awarded in first ruling for tunnel worker diagnosed with silicosis ​
A tribunal has awarded a tunneller who worked on major projects like the Lane Cove tunnel project a record $2.4 for dust-related injury, describing the safety breaches of Bennett’s employers over his 30-year career as “egregious”.