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Optus has been hit with a $12 million penalty over a “preventable” nationwide network outage in November 2023, which left thousands of customers unable to make emergency calls.
Australian Clinical Labs flags strike-out bid in OAIC data breach case
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Australian Clinical Labs may seek to strike out part of the OAIC’s case over a 2022 data breach, arguing it would unfairly allow the watchdog to allege both single and multiple contraventions of privacy law.
ACCC takes Magnamail to court for misleading prize promotions
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Court action by the ACCC alleges mail order company Magnamail made misleading statements to hundreds of thousands of people about prizes they weren’t eligible to win.
Ex-boss of AI marketing company Metigy charged with misleading investors
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The former CEO of failed AI marketing start-up Metigy has been charged with providing false statements to investors and misusing his position as a director following an investigation by the corporate regulator.
‘Influx’ of consumer class actions likely after High Court’s Toyota decision, lawyer says
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Landmark High Court decisions in class actions against Toyota and Ford on how damages should be calculated for defective vehicles will spark more consumer class actions, a plaintiff lawyer told Lawyerly.
‘Eye-watering’ legal costs in NT stolen wages class action: judge
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Shine Lawyers wants to claim $24.5 million in legal costs in a stolen wages class action on behalf of Northern Territory First Nations people, a sum a judge called “eye watering”.
ASIC launches formal MinRes probe over Ellison tax dodge claims
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The corporate cop has launched a formal investigation after the airing of tax evasion allegations against Mineral Resources’ billionaire founder, Chris Ellison.
Judge grounds Moccona’s infringement claims over Vittoria’s coffee jar design
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Vittoria has defeated claims in an intellectual property battle that it infringed on rival Koninklijke Douwe Egbert’s trade mark for the design of its Moccona instant coffee jar.
Government to ban social media for kids under 16
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The Albanese government has taken aim at social media companies, proposing a world-first ban on access to their platforms for children under 16.
Partner numbers at consulting firms should be capped in wake of PwC scandal: report
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Professional services firms should be limited to 400 partners to improve accountability and transparency, a final parliamentary report into the PwC tax scandal has proposed.