Australia has started to observe a rise in the number of data breach class actions being investigated and filed, although there has not yet been a successful data breach class action there. A range of factors are at play...more
5/28/2019
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The Background: The defendant was faced with two "open" class actions (i.e. including all putative group members) in relation to the same allegations.
The Issue: The defendant sought a court order permanently staying...more
The Situation: On 22 September 2017, the Australian Government released a draft bill for the introduction of a Banking Executive Accountability Regime ("Proposed BEAR") allowing only five working days for submissions....more