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HWLE wins injunction against hackers behind data breach
HWL Ebsworth has won final orders barring unknown Russian-linked hackers from disseminating confidential information stolen during an April 2023 cyberattack.
Ex-Linchpin director hit hardest in ASIC case files appeal
The former director of collapsed investment advisor Linchpin Capital hit hardest by a judgment disqualifying him and three other directors and levying a combined $390,000 in penalties has filed an appeal.
PwC accused of ‘hiding behind’ legal privilege to shield Linklaters report
PricewaterhouseCoopers has been slammed for refusing to release a report by law firm Linklaters into alleged wrongdoing by international partners, with a senator saying the firm was “hiding behind” privilege after it made thousands of such claims during an ATO investigation. 
Third law firm ‘waiting in the wings’ to file class action against IC Markets
International Capital Markets may soon face a third class action, a court has heard, as the first two class actions to be filed against the Sydney-based online broker over risky contracts for difference mull consolidation. 
Block Earner needed financial services licence to offer crypto product, court says
Digital currency exchange Block Earner needed a licence to offer its crypto-backed Earner product, a court has found in one of the first decisions on the application of financial services law to crypto investments.
Judge says settlement offers should operate as bulwark against costs in class actions
A judge has held that there could be favourable costs consequences for Carnival if its rejected $15 million settlement offer in the Ruby Princess class action turns out to be more generous than the ultimate damages award, departing from a previous ruling that so-called Calderbank offers do not operate in group proceedings. 
Freight operators have a cow over port direction holding up vessel with $5.2M in cattle
Two marine freight companies have lost a fight with a local council which refused to allow it to unload 3,000 head of cattle at Apollo Bay in Victoria, with a judge finding they were “the architects of their own misfortune” for striking a deal with a beef company before securing permission to berth at the port. 
Airbags class action against Volkswagen suffers High Court loss
The High Court has refused special leave in a failed class action against Volkswagen over allegedly defective Takata airbags.
High Court won’t hear ex-Greenwoods partner’s appeal in Lendlease whistleblower case
A former Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills partner who alleges he was sacked for complaining about Lendlease's "aggressive taxation position" has lost a bid to argue before the High Court that his claims are covered by new whistleblower protections.
Samsung Bioepis sues Janssen Biotech to invalidate Stelara patents
South Korean biosimilars company Samsung Bioepis has sued Johnson & Johnson's Janssen Biotech to invalidate two patents for Crohn's disease drug Stelara, after reaching a licencing agreement over the medicine in the US.