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Qantas wins injunction against hackers over data breach
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-10-02 1:22 pm By Sam Matthews

Qantas has won a permanent injunction aimed at preventing unknown hackers from disseminating information accessed in a June data breach, with a judge saying the orders have “real utility” despite the hackers being beyond the reach of the court.

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Baker McKenzie strengthens private equity team with new Sydney hire
Business of Law 2025-10-02 11:26 pm By Christine Caulfield

Baker McKenzie has appointed a new special counsel to join the law firm’s private equity practice group in its Sydney office.

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J&J denies class action’s claims that it sold ineffective cold meds
Class Actions 2025-10-01 11:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has denied knowingly selling alleged ineffective medications under its Benadryl, Sudafed and Codral brands, saying research indicated the phenylephrine-containing products worked. 

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Tabcorp settles suit by ex-CEO who was forced out for ‘offensive’ language
Employment 2025-10-01 2:46 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Tabcorp has settled a lawsuit by a former CEO who alleged his coerced resignation over alleged offensive language was inconsistent with a boardroom history of condoning off-colour remarks.

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Pub baron Adgemis declared bankrupt, court orders properties sequestered
Bankruptcy 2025-10-03 11:56 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Sydney pub baron Jon Adgemis has been declared bankrupt and his properties have been sequestered, with the Federal Court finding the former KPMG partner owes $1.8 billion to creditors.

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No IVF discrimination against ‘socially infertile’, says class action defence
Discrimination 2025-10-01 11:32 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The federal government has hit back against a class action by single women and same-sex couples deemed “socially infertile” and denied Medicare rebates for IVF, denying group members were treated less favourably because of their marital status or sexual orientation.

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Lawyer and wealth guru Dominique Grubisa found unfit to practice
Legal Ethics 2025-10-01 11:16 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A tribunal has recommended that lawyer and wealth guru Dominique Grubisa be struck from the roll of practitioners over conduct that included hiring a private investigator to look into another solicitor.

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AFR hits back at Bird’s Basement owner’s defamation suit
Defamation 2025-10-01 11:37 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The Australian Financial Review has hit back at a defamation suit by the owner of Melbourne jazz venue Bird’s Basement over articles about a former employee’s now-discontinued suit, saying the articles were a fair report of public documents.

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Shine makes play to vary fee after settlement in EML Payments class action
Class Actions 2025-09-30 11:30 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Shine Lawyers has come under fire from a judge, after the firm filed an application to materially vary a 24.5 per cent group costs order in a settled shareholder class action against EML Payments.

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Polyaire hit with $15.2M judgment over fire at leased industrial site
Construction 2025-10-02 11:39 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Air conditioning wholesaler Polyaire has been ordered to pay $15.2 million in damages in relation to a 2018 fire at a Seven Hills, NSW, factory complex it leased caused by its placement of wooden pallets in a open yard.

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