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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. 
High Court to weigh in on honest concurrent use in Zip, Firstmac TM spat
The High Court is poised to provide guidance on the defence of honest concurrent use in trade mark disputes, agreeing to hear an appeal by buy now, pay later giant Zip Co in its fight with Firstmac over the 'Zip' trade mark.
iSignthis, director hit with $11M in penalties in ASIC case
A judge has handed iSignthis and its director $11 million in penalties for failing to give adequate disclosures and giving misleading information to the ASX, saying reliance on legal advice was no reason to reduce the fine.
Till Payments can’t fight ‘royal commission’-style doc bid over capital raise claims
Investors in Till Payments have won discovery for a possible suit over $43 million in alleged losses suffered after it was sold for just $47 million following a $200 million capital raise, with a judge rejecting arguments that the bid amounted to a royal commission. 
NAB pays record penalty for breaches of consumer data sharing scheme
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.
SMBC can’t access King & Wood Mallesons docs in $34M case against Humm
SMBC has lost a bid for documents connected to King & Wood Mallesons opinions in its suit against fintech Humm linked to the Forum Finance fraud, with a court saying the Japanese bank did not share joint privilege over the material.
iSignthis, auditor Grant Thornton hit with class action
A shareholder class action has been lodged against iSignthis and auditor Grant Thornton over the delisted fintech's 2018 financial statements.
Zip hopes High Court buys honest concurrent use defence in high-stakes trade mark suit
Buy now, pay later giant Zip will ask the High Court to throw out a ruling that found it infringed mortgage provider Firstmac's 'Zip' trade mark and barred it from using the name in Australia.
Firstmac wins high stakes appeal in trade mark fight with Zip
An appeals court has found Zip Co infringed the ‘Zip’ trade mark of mortgage provider Firstmac, making orders restraining the buy now, pay later giant from using the name.
EML wins extra time to respond to class action’s ‘new case’
Payments processing company EML has won more time to respond to a new pleading in a shareholder class action over its alleged failure to disclose Ireland central bank’s concerns with its anti-money laundering compliance.