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Medibank defence says data breach class action ‘hopeless’
Baker McKenzie 2023-05-03 3:36 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Private health insurer Medibank has hit back at a class action over a data breach that affected close to 10 million customers, describing the claims as “hopeless.”

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Class action can’t grill Noumi lawyer on legal privilege claims over PwC docs
Alistair Pound 2023-05-02 11:27 pm By Christine Caulfield

The applicants in a shareholder class action against the former Freedom Foods have failed in a bid to cross-examine Noumi’s inhouse counsel on affidavits swearing to the legal professional privilege of 3,000 documents, including material containing advice from accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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Cost of independent counsel to advise on Banksia silk’s $1.25M offer ‘can’t be justified’, court says
Class Actions 2023-05-02 11:07 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Victoria Supreme Court will not appoint a contradictor to weigh in on the reasonableness of a $1.25 million settlement offered by companies associated with the wife of a once prominent silk struck from the roll over the Banksia Securities class action scandal.

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Nuix class action to go ahead despite ASIC case
ASIC 2023-05-02 3:58 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A shareholder class action against software company Nuix will go ahead as planned, after a stay application threatened to put the proceeding on ice pending the outcome of a separate case brought by ASIC.

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ABC drops truth defence in defamation case by ex-commando Heston Russell
Company Giles 2023-05-02 3:39 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The ABC has dropped its truth defence to former Army major Heston Russell’s claims that he was defamed by two articles that suggested that he was involved in murdering an Afghan prisoner.

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GetSwift director can’t be located for service of suit by ex-Demons teammate
Judgment 2023-05-02 3:23 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

GetSwift director Joel Macdonald cannot be located for service of a $15 million lawsuit by his former Melbourne Demons teammate James Strauss, a court has heard.

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Hotel quarantine class action survives second shutdown bid by Victorian government
Adam Hochroth 2023-05-02 10:40 am By Sam Matthews Melbourne

The state of Victoria has lost its appeal bid to stay a class action brought over the 2020 hotel quarantine debacle in light of a pending criminal action against the Department of Health.

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MLC agrees to pay $10M penalty in ASIC case
Alexander Di Stefano 2023-05-01 11:56 pm By Christine Caulfield

MLC has agreed to cop a $10 million penalty for admitted breaches of the Corporations Act in an ASIC case that alleged the insurer failed to promptly update medical terms in policies and withheld payment of a life insurance benefit.

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Judge throws cold water on Fairy’s ’30 Minute Miracle’ launch
Alastair Vincent 2023-05-01 9:09 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A judge has hit the maker of Fairy dishwashing products with an interim injunction that will disrupt the launch of its 30 Minute Miracle detergent, after finding consumer claims by the maker of Finish dishwashing products had a strong prospect of success.

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HWL Ebsworth may have fallen victim to cyberattack
Business of Law 2023-05-01 2:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Hacking group ALPHV claims it has stolen a large amount of data from law firm HWL Ebsworth, including employee and client information.

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