The High Court has found Victorian real estate agency Biggin & Scott did not authorise through “indifference” the theft of Campaigntrack’s source code by a software developer it hired to create a cloud-based real estate marketing platform.
Insurance Australia Group has announced the departure of its group general counsel and company secretary, Peter Horton, for engaging in behaviour it said had “fallen short” of expectations.
Telstra has been hit with a $3 million penalty by the communications regulator for billing small businesses $21.1 million over an 11-year period for inactive internet services.
Medibank has asked a judge to put the kibosh on class action-style proceedings filed with the OAIC, arguing findings inconsistent with those in a class action over its October 2022 data breach could do damage to the public’s view of the court.
A judge has admonished the Transport Workers Union for relying on test cases to decide compensation for 1,700 ground crew who were sacked during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying it should instead bring a class action.
Brittany Higgins has denied she tried to derail a criminal retrial of former colleague and alleged rapist Bruce Lehrmann in favour of a civil case with a lower standard of proof, as she revealed in court the federal government paid $2.3 million to settle her claims.
Brittany Higgins has been questioned over messages she sent to a friend shortly after she was allegedly raped at Parliament House that are said to contradict her account, with the former Liberal staffer saying she “wasn’t ready” to disclose the truth.
The date has been set for a hearing in the second case to test the argument that judges lack power to make a common fund order when a class action settles, and the litigation funder challenging the argument can expect a sympathetic ear.
Former Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming has brought defamation proceedings against the leader of the state’s Liberal party, John Pesutto.
A former Gilbert + Tobin lawyer with over 20 years’ experience advising clients in finance transactions has joined Squire Patton Boggs’ as a partner in Sydney.
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