Bruce Gordon’s WIN network sues TVSN over licence agreement

Posted on 2024-09-162024-09-17 by Cat Fredenburgh

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Regional broadcaster WIN has sued TVSN alleging the home shopping network breached its negotiation obligations because a deal with Seven was in the works.

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Judge calls out ‘cavalier’ attitude to court orders in case against Insightsoftware

Posted on 2024-09-162024-09-17 by Cindy Cameronne

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A judge has expressed her unhappiness with the “cavalier approach to court orders” by lawyers for an employee in a workplace dispute with Insightsoftware.

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PNG lawyer settles defamation case against ABC over $117M fraud allegations

Posted on 2024-09-162024-09-17 by Cindy Cameronne

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Lawyer Samson Jubi has settled his defamation case against the ABC over stories he claims accused him of defrauding $117 million meant to benefit villagers after PNG’s largest mine disaster.

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Former JPMorgan trader pleads guilty to fraud charges

Posted on 2024-09-162024-09-16 by Cat Fredenburgh

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A former JPMorgan executive has pleaded guilty to fraud for allegedly misappropriating nearly $1 million from clients of his defunct companies.

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Data breach numbers hit three and a half year high, OAIC says

Posted on 2024-09-162024-09-17 by Cat Fredenburgh

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The privacy regulator was alerted to hundreds of data breaches in the first half of 2024, the highest number in three and a half years, a new report shows.

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Cybersecurity class actions to increase with latest reforms

Posted on 2024-09-132024-09-16 by Cindy Cameronne

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Expect more cybersecurity class actions following the introduction of a new statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy, experts on both sides of the bar table told Lawyerly.

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New judge has a way with words, but does away with Twitter

Posted on 2024-09-132024-09-14 by Cindy Cameronne

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Justice Stephen McDonald hung up his pithy Tweets on his appointment to the Federal Court, but the new judge’s talent for wordplay may yet find an outlet on the bench.

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WestConnex class action funder loses fight with lead plaintiffs

Posted on 2024-09-132024-10-25 by Andy Sidler

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The funder backing a class action over the construction of Sydney’s WestConnex tunnel has come up short in a dispute with the matter’s lead plaintiffs.

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Hogan Lovells to shut up shop in Australia

Posted on 2024-09-132024-09-16 by Christine Caulfield

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Positioning the move as part of an “ambitious vision and strategy”, global law firm Hogan Lovells has announced it will close its Australian office.

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Bruce Lehrmann expands appeal in defamation case

Posted on 2024-09-132024-09-14 by Cat Fredenburgh

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Bruce Lehrmann has widened his appeal of a decision that tossed his defamation case against Seven over its coverage of Brittany Higgins’ rape claims.

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