Cloud security company ZScaler has won its bid to suppress court documents in a Fair Work case filed by its former chief technology officer in Australia, in what is becoming a new norm in employment proceedings in the Federal Court.
An investment manager has been sentenced to six years in prison after accessing confidential information from the computer of Platinum Asset Management’s chairman about a takeover offer and using the intel to trade in shares.
Investment manager Rodney Forrest must hand over his passport to an ASIC investigator before his sentencing next month for trading in shares in Platinum Asset Management armed with insider intelligence.
A judge has refused to strike out claims of serious harm in a defamation case by a pro-Israel activist against the owner of Sydney restaurant Cairo Takeaway, finding the activist did not need to plead to his prior reputation.
The ACCC has asked a judge to slap Queensland-based mining equipment company Qteq with a penalty of between $11 million and $13 million after he found the company and its chairman attempted to engage in cartel conduct.
Energy infrastructure contractor Zinfra has won its bid to strike out 25 paragraphs in a union’s underpayment case dealing with the employees as a group, with a judge finding the pleadings were insufficient.
A judge did not need to recuse himself from deciding the penalty in ASIC’s case against Sunshine Loans because his earlier adverse credit findings — far from giving rise to bias concerns — were relevant to the task, the regulator has told the High Court.
Industrial technology company Delta Building Automation has lost its fight over a finding that it attempted to rig a bid for construction work on the National Gallery of Australia and must pay a $1.5 million penalty.
Seven Network has secured a suppression order over court documents ahead of mediation in a lawsuit lodged by a long-time producer, with a judge agreeing media access to the case may “imperil” the settlement talks.
The High Court will hear an appeal by Sunshine Loans, which centres on a judge’s recusal in the corporate regulator’s case over unauthorised fees.