The former dean of a Melbourne art school has resolved her case alleging she was unfairly sacked via Instagram direct message while on annual leave.
A judge overseeing two 7-Eleven class actions has signed off on $2.25 million in costs incurred by the funder and lawyers in their pitched battle to win approval for the terms of a $98 million settlement, which included deductions of more than $44 million to cover commission and fees.
IG Markets has been hit with a class action on behalf of up to 20,000 everyday investors who have allegedly lost hundreds of millions of dollars trading in risky financial products known as contracts for difference, or CFDs.
One of the country’s largest software companies has entered a trading halt after detecting unauthorised third-party access to its internal IT system.
Australian and New Zealand authorities have launched a joint investigation into the personal data handling practices of the Latitude group of companies, in the wake of a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of 14 million customer records.
A judge has questioned whether recent changes to defamation law requiring courts to determine if a publication has caused serious harm ahead of trial are invalid because of possible inconsistency with the Federal Court’s case management rules.
US facial recognition company Clearview breached Australian privacy laws by trawling the web for photos of Australians for use by law enforcement agencies, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal has found.
US singer Katy Perry and an Australian fashion designer are at loggerheads over court orders to be made following a judge’s finding the pop star was liable for trade mark infringement, with concerns raised that Perry’s ‘Teenage Dream’ shorts could “fall between the cracks”.
Cruise operator Carnival is facing a third class action in Australia, this time on behalf of passengers aboard P&O’s Pacific Aria, which sailed from Brisbane into the path of a Category 5 cyclone six years ago.
Commonwealth Bank and other lenders of failed steel giant Arrium have lost a second attempt to put two of the company’s directors on the hook for alleged misleading representations on loan drawdown notices ahead of its $2.8 billion collapse.