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Cruise operator Carnival is facing a third class action in Australia, this time on behalf of passengers aboard P&O’s Pacific Aria, which sailed from Brisbane into the path of a Category 5 cyclone six years ago.
Commonwealth Bank and other lenders of failed steel giant Arrium have lost a second attempt to put two of the company's directors on the hook for alleged misleading representations on loan drawdown notices ahead of its $2.8 billion collapse.
If Qantas triumphs in its High Court appeal of a ruling that found it violated the Fair Work Act when it outsourced ground crew at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, it would create a "whack-a-mole" legal right to terminate disadvantaged people, the Transport Workers Union has argued.
Telstra and TPG have asked the Competition Tribunal to undo the ACCC's rejection of their proposed regional network sharing agreement, but fellow telco Optus has warned the deal would kneecap its ability to compete.
Enforcement of Australia's privacy laws, including funding for the privacy commissioner to litigate companies for major privacy and data breaches, received a $45.2 million investment in Tuesday's federal budget.
The state of Victoria has foreshadowed a High Court challenge in its fight to stay a class action over the 2020 hotel quarantine in light of criminal action, an appeal it said raised issues relating to the “increasing and regular prosecutions” of government and corporate entities over health and safety laws.
The state of Victoria has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a class action over a public housing lockdown during Melbourne's second COVID-19 wave in July 2020.
A lawsuit by the companies of mining executive Nathan Tinkler against MACH Energy alleging misuse of confidential information has been tossed after the deadline for paying security for costs came and went.
Consumer food giant General Mills is suing relish maker Baxters, alleging breach of an agreement to manufacture Old El Paso products for sale in Australia.
With legal practices shaping up as a ripe target for cyberattacks, experts say many firms have a long way to go in implementing best practice cybersecurity to avoid potentially “catastrophic” outcomes.