Australian Clinical Labs, which is facing regulatory action over a 2022 data breach, is fighting the information commissioner’s claim that it breached privacy laws 21.5 million times.
Seven has sought a suppression order over former Spotlight reporter Amelia Saw’s workplace claim against the TV network, arguing publicity would impede settlement negotiations.
In a fight over damages owed to sailors in a class action against the Defence Department, a judge has said the Commonwealth can’t argue certain group members failed to mitigate their losses.
United Petroleum and director Ari Silver can wait for the rehearing of a security for costs bid before filing defences to a franchisee class action alleging misleading conduct.
A bid to disqualify a judge who spoke publicly about proposed reforms to class action law from hearing a class action against Fletcher Building is out of touch with reality, a court has heard.
ASIC has appealed a decision in its mostly successful case against the issuer of the Qoin crypto coin, challenging an “important” finding on authorised representatives of AFSL holders.
A judge is concerned to manage prejudice to Clarence Property amid a barrage of evidence filed by an environmental group in its challenge to a Brunswick Heads development.
With its new business model of self-funding class actions, Maurice Blackburn can’t get by with an undertaking to indemnify Macquarie for its costs if a case over flex commissions fails.
Super Retail has lost its bid to restrain Harmers Workplace Lawyers from acting for two former executives, despite a judge finding the firm had a conflict of interest.
The CDPP and ASIC have succeeded in staying Clive Palmer’s case challenging the lawfulness of a seven-year-old examination, with a judge finding it would fragment criminal cases against the mining magnate.