Transport for NSW has refused to hand over transactional documents related to its $16 billion Westconnex project in a class action over the alleged fraudulent acquisition of land to construct the tunnel in inner western Sydney.
Gender pay gap data for approximately 40 per cent of the Australian workforce will soon be made public under reforms that passed into law on Thursday.
Erin Molan will receive zero damages under a settlement reached with the Daily Mail, after the Full Federal Court set aside a $150,000 defamation judgment for the sports presenter and sent the case back for a new trial.
Westpac has hit back at a bid by ASIC to add an allegation to the regulator’s insider trading case that hinges on the bank providing financial services when it traded on the morning of a $16 billion deal to privatise electricity provider Ausgrid.
Leading defamation lawyer Patrick George has joined Company (Giles), reuniting with former protégé Rebekah Giles after leaving the law firm he founded 17 years ago.
Insurer Bond & Credit Company has overcome an administrator’s protests and won leave to bring cross-claims against three Greensill entities in lawsuits over the financing firm’s $1.7 billion collapse.
A shareholder class action against Medibank has claimed it did not disclose “serious deficiencies” in its cybersecurity measures, including failing to implement security measures such as multi factor authentication, causing investors to buy shares at inflated prices.
Australia’s largest private health insurer Medibank has been hit with a shareholder class action in the wake of a massive cyberattack that left the data of 10 million customers exposed.
Property and hotel giant Meriton is the latest company to fall victim to a cybersecurity breach, which exposed information held by the company on almost 2,000 guests and staff.
The corporate watchdog has commenced a probe into ASX’s handling of the CHESS replacement program, including in relation to possible continuous disclosure breaches and misleading or deceptive conduct.