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NSW government fights bid for transactional documents in Westconnex class action
Class Actions 2023-03-31 4:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

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. 

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Companies’ gender pay gaps to be made public under new reforms
Employment 2023-03-30 11:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

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.

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Erin Molan to receive zero damages in defamation settlement
David Helvadjian 2023-03-30 11:34 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

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.

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Westpac, ASIC feud over scope of financial services in Ausgrid insider trading case
Allens 2023-03-30 10:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

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.

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Leading defamation lawyer Patrick George joins Company (Giles)
Business of Law 2023-03-30 10:06 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

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.

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BCC can bring claims against three Greensill units
Alec Leopold 2023-03-30 4:16 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

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.

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Class action targets Medibank’s failure to use multi factor authentication
Class Actions 2023-03-30 1:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

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. 

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Medibank hit with shareholder class action over cyberattack
Baker McKenzie 2023-03-29 11:54 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

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.

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Meriton guest, staff data exposed in latest cyberattack
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2023-03-29 11:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

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.

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ASIC investigates ASX over CHESS replacement program
ASIC 2023-03-29 10:06 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

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.

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