Fixed income specialist FIIG Securities has been ordered to pay $2.5 million for cybersecurity failures which led to a cyberattack that exposed the data of 18,000 clients, the first penalty of its kind secured by ASIC.
Uber drivers seeking to challenge their classification as independent contractors have argued the rideshare giant had “highly prescriptive” rules on how to behave towards customers, including ‘no touching’ and ‘no sex’ rules.
Former senator Linda Reynolds’ decision to accept the Commonwealth’s help in picking up her legal tab in litigation by staffer Brittany Higgins came with the condition that the government might take control of her defence, a court has been told.
The eSafety Commissioner has informed Roblox that it will test compliance commitments the online gaming company made last year, amid ongoing concerns about child exploitation on the platform.
The Fair Work Commission has found an indoor obstacle course employee who was sacked after being unable to provide her employer proof of her grandmother’s death was unfairly dismissed.
A solar company’s claims against 12 Mazars’ partners have been dismissed from a $9.3 million embezzlement lawsuit, after a judge found the allegations had no prospects of success.
The former president of the Federation of International Polo, who successfully defeated a defamation suit by a prominent polo benefactor, has failed to recover $1.2 million in legal fees paid to a US law firm.
Macquarie is fighting a bid to amend a class action over an alleged misleading prospectus for Nuix’s $1.8 billion IPO only months out from trial, calling the changes “unclear and unfair”.
A class action representing KFC workers who were denied rest breaks has reached a settlement with the bulk of the fast food chain’s franchisees targeted in the case.
Aristocrat has fended off the Commissioner of Patents’ challenge to a finding that its Lightning Link poker machine is capable of being patented, with the High Court declining to weigh in on the patent for a second time.