Optus has lodged an appeal of a judgment that found the teleco could not claim legal professional privilege to shield from a class action a report by consulting giant Deloitte into last year’s major data breach.
A judge has given a competition class action against AGL Energy another chance to secure funding, but imposed a “drop dead date” by which the proceeding will be dismissed if no funder is found.
London-headquartered online trader Plus500 has been hit with a second class action by investors who lost money trading in highly leveraged financial products.
Sydney-based online broker International Capital Markets is facing a class action by inexperienced investors who allegedly lost $500 million in trading risky contracts for difference.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has again called for new laws to regulate digital platforms as they creep further into the daily lives of Australians through smart home devices and personal cloud storage.
Thomson Geer has raided the property team of competitor M+K, luring a team of six, including two partners.
A protracted class action against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia brought by borrowers who claimed they were forced to default on their commercial loans has finally settled, a court has heard.
A judge has ruled that a settlement offer made in a case can be adduced into evidence in a construction company’s suit against its former lawyers, finding that the offer was not covered by without penalty privilege.
The competition regulator has taken training provider Express Online Training to court for allegedly misleading consumers by promising they would only be charged for their online courses upon completion and that the courses could be finished in one day.
A judge has signed off on almost $7.5 million in fees billed by the law firm behind the pelvic mesh class action against Boston Scientific, eight months after he approved the device maker’s $105 million settlement.