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Westpac, ASIC feud over scope of financial services in Ausgrid insider trading case
Corporate 2023-03-30 10:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Westpac has hit back at a bid by ASIC to add an allegation to the regulator’s insider trading case that hinges on the bank providing financial services when it traded on the morning of a $16 billion deal to privatise electricity provider Ausgrid.

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Erin Molan to receive zero damages in defamation settlement
Defamation 2023-03-30 11:34 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Erin Molan will receive zero damages under a settlement reached with the Daily Mail, after the Full Federal Court set aside a $150,000 defamation judgment for the sports presenter and sent the case back for a new trial.

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BCC can bring claims against three Greensill units
Insurance 2023-03-30 4:16 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Insurer Bond & Credit Company has overcome an administrator’s protests and won leave to bring cross-claims against three Greensill entities in lawsuits over the financing firm’s $1.7 billion collapse.

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Leading defamation lawyer Patrick George joins Company (Giles)
Business of Law 2023-03-30 10:06 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Leading defamation lawyer Patrick George has joined Company (Giles), reuniting with former protégé Rebekah Giles after leaving the law firm he founded 17 years ago.

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Medibank hit with shareholder class action over cyberattack
Class Actions 2023-03-29 11:54 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Australia’s largest private health insurer Medibank has been hit with a shareholder class action in the wake of a massive cyberattack that left the data of 10 million customers exposed.

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Cato & Clive emails to be seen by Racing NSW as it mulls competition case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-03-29 7:42 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The NSW state racing authority has won access to communications between public relations firm Cato & Clive and five other racing bodies, including Racing Victoria, as it weighs a lawsuit alleging they plotted to exclude the body from the Australian horseracing industry. 

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Purdue unit targets AUPharma over Targin
Intellectual Property 2023-03-29 4:19 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A unit of Purdue Pharma has fired off a cross-claim in Australian drug maker AUPharma’s lawsuit alleging the US drug giant was wrongly granted patent extensions for oxycodone products marketed as Targin.

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Engage Marine seeks ACCC docs in competition suit against TasPorts
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-03-29 3:32 pm By Sam Matthews

Port operations provider Engage Marine is seeking to obtain copies of restricted documents in the ACCC’s case against TasPorts, as it mounts its own competition suit against the Tasmanian government-owned body.

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In novel case, Rex Patrick sues AG for access to ‘sports rorts’ notes
Politics 2023-03-29 1:42 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Former senator Rex Patrick has brought novel proceedings against the Attorney-General seeking access to letters concerning the 2020 “sports rorts” scandal and challenging the government’s policy of denying access to documents after a minister has changed jobs.

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Law firm expresses ‘regret’ as Aveo pays just $11M to settle class action
Class Actions 2023-03-28 4:09 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action against Aveo Group has settled for $11 million mid trial, with the law firm that brought the case expressing regret for any “distress or anxiety” it caused and acknowledging the retirement village provider’s contracts with residents were lawful. 

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