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A retiring Federal Court judge has defended the class action regime he helped to shape, telling colleagues and practitioners in his farewell speech that the jurisdiction was in its "Goldilocks moment".
The government is mulling stronger privacy laws to deal with emerging technologies like smart glasses, with the OAIC saying it was giving "serious consideration" to the privacy issues raised by the glasses, most of which are made by Meta.
The ACCC has opposed US-based keg pooling company Kegstar's proposed acquisition of the assets of rival Konvoy, the latest acquisition blocked since the new mandatory merger review came into effect.
The Australian Taxation Office is appealing a win for gold producer Evolution Mining after an initial trial over the company's purported decision to cancel the transfer of $31 million in post-acquisiton losses.
The CEO of the defunct company behind coconut water brand CoCo Joy has been resentenced after he succeeded in overturning his conviction on one of three charges.
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A court has tossed a lawsuit by the Wilderness Society alleging NOPSEMA failed to ensure Santos has the financial means to decommission its Reindeer gas field off the coast of Karratha in Western Australia.
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Law firm Mallesons, which is named in proceedings brought by failed property developer FSM, has denied it knew that a former director used company loans to pay off personal debts.
KPMG has told a judge there is no evidence that Arrium's share price would have changed even if it had recorded a $2.8 billion impairment, urging the judge to reject the shareholder class action's "intuitive" case on loss.
Macquarie Capital has taken aim at the expert evidence of a shareholder class action over Nuix's IPO, saying it was "completely inadmissible" because the expert had answered legal questions that fell outside his expertise.
A judge has ordered hundreds of former Qantas ground crew to immediately receive their $40 million share of a $90 million penalty against the airline for its unlawful sacking of the workers, after questioning delays in the administration scheme.