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Konami to pay Aristocrat a portion of 12 years’ profit from infringing poker machines
Andrew Fox 2022-12-09 10:38 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Gaming company Konami Australia has been ordered to pay rival Aristocrat Technologies a proportion of profits from the sale of patent-infringing poker machines over a 12-year period, as well as a chunk of damages for supply of the games that generated no revenue at all.

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Telstra customer data released in accidental privacy breach
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2022-12-09 10:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

The personal details of 130,000 Telstra customers were accidentally released in a privacy breach the result of a “misalignment of databases”, the telecommunications giant has revealed.

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ASIC accuses McPherson’s of continuous disclosure breaches
ASIC 2022-12-09 3:20 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has sued health and beauty giant McPherson’s Limited and its former CEO over alleged continuous disclosure breaches and misleading or deceptive conduct during a capital raise in late 2020.

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Google defeats ACCC case over data collection
ACCC 2022-12-09 3:01 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The ACCC has lost proceedings accusing Google of duping millions of Australians into agreeing to expand the scope of personal information the tech giant could collect and combine for use in targeted advertising. 

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ACCC wins price-fixing case against BlueScope Steel, senior exec
ACCC 2022-12-09 10:26 am By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has largely won its case against BlueScope Steel and former general manager Jason Ellis alleging they engaged in “serious cartel conduct” in relation to the supply of flat steel products in Australia.

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ACCC levels cartel suit against mining equipment company Qteq
ACCC 2022-12-08 11:57 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has brought action against mining equipment company Qteq and its executive chairman Simon Ashton over allegations of bid rigging and other cartel conduct.

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Battle to run Blue Sky, EY class action not over, as firm appeals order to team up with rival
Appeals 2022-12-08 10:55 pm By Christine Caulfield

A law firm wants to challenge a court order that it play nice with a competing firm in a class action for investors against Blue Sky Alternative Investments and auditor EY.

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High Court won’t hear appeal of security for costs order in Westconnex class action
Appeals 2022-12-08 5:38 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The High Court has refused to hear an appeal of a decision forcing an unnamed litigation funder to provide $415,000 in security for the NSW government’s defence costs in a class action over the alleged fraudulent acquisition of land for construction of the $16 billion WestConnex tunnel.

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Mastercard fails to patent fraud-fighting data processing system
Financial Services 2022-12-08 5:20 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Mastercard has lost a bid to patent a data processing system used to prevent fraud on payment card networks, with an IP delegate Australia ruling the invention “does not rise above an idea.”

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ASIC brings first-ever financial penalty case for alleged claims handling breach
ASIC 2022-12-08 5:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has brought proceedings against insurance company OnePath Life, marking the first time the corporate regulator is seeking financial penalties for an alleged failure to act with utmost good faith during claims handling.

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