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Charges laid against Brisbane lawyer over $4.5M money laundering scheme
Queensland 2022-10-25 4:00 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A prominent criminal lawyer has been charged with supplying millions of dollars in criminal proceeds as part of a $4.5 million money laundering scheme.

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Medibank data breach revealed to be wider than first thought
Healthcare 2022-10-25 3:52 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The fallout from a cyberattack against Medibank continues, with the health insurer revealing sensitive claims data was accessed for customers of its main Medibank branch.

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Kanye West takes beef with Melbourne restaurant to court
Entertainment 2022-10-24 9:05 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Melbourne restaurant College Dropout Burgers has been hit with a lawsuit by Kanye West for allegedly using the controversial rapper’s name and likeness without permission.

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Class action against NAB over Walton collapse can’t add insolvent trading claim
Allens 2022-10-24 12:18 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A judge has rejected a bid to add an insolvent trading claim to a $78 million class action over the collapse of Walton Construction, citing “extraordinary” delays in the three-year-old case.

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Judge wants delayed Sydney light rail class action finished by year’s end
Adam Hochroth 2022-10-24 1:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A class action trial over Sydney’s $3 billion light rail has been pushed off to next month after the applicant’s eleventh-hour amendments, but a judge has warned the parties they should wrap up the case by the end of the year..

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Law firm can’t amend defence in negligence case by teacher wrongly jailed for abuse
Colin Biggers & Paisley 2022-10-24 4:29 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A law firm, who along with Piper Alderman and one other firm, is being sued for negligence by a schoolteacher wrongly jailed for the indecent assault of two children has lost a bit to amend its defence at the commencement of the trial.

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Judge who represented Sydney Trains won’t recuse herself from fight with union
Ashurst 2022-10-24 11:41 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A judge has rejected a bid by the Australian rail union to recuse herself from hearing its case against Sydney Trains that seeks approval to deactivate Opal readers amid protracted industrial action, despite having represented the rail operator when she was a barrister last year. 

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ACCC accuses Fitbit of misleading consumers about refund rights
ACCC 2022-10-24 11:09 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has dragged Google-owned Fitbit to court for allegedly telling consumers they had to mail in broken devices within 45 days in order to obtain a refund.

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Super fund sues crypto company for ‘flagrant’ trade mark infringement
Banki Haddock Fiora 2022-10-24 11:23 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Education superannuation fund NGS Super has filed a trade mark lawsuit against Australian blockchain mining company NGS Crypto, claiming it failed to comply with a promise to rebrand and continues to profit at the fund’s expense. 

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High Court rejects Worley’s plea to weigh in on disclosure test in shareholder class actions
Alexander Edwards 2022-10-21 11:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

In a boost to shareholder class actions, the High Court has dismissed an application by engineering services firm Worley to appeal a finding that companies should disclose to the market forecasts that ought reasonably to have been held.

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