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Australia High Court hears submissions on Cambridge Analytica data breaches

JURIST

The High Court of Australia Tuesday began hearing submissions that a Facebook app tied to the Cambridge Analytica scandal contravened national privacy laws. The case follows numerous court actions in the UK and the US for breaches of privacy relating to the Cambridge Analytica scandal which affected 50 million Facebook users.

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No cause of action against employers for take-home COVID

At the Lectern

Victory Woodworks , the Supreme Court today holds that employers currently can’t be sued for failing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to employees’ household members. Allowing liability “would impose an intolerable burden on employers and society in contravention of public policy,” the court says. In Kuciemba v.

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Summary judgment based on release of “all persons… from any claim” reversed.

Day on Torts

18, 2024), plaintiff was riding in the passenger seat of a car when the car crashed into fencing and construction materials located in the right lane of the street. Defendant moved for summary judgment, which the trial court granted based on the release executed by plaintiff. Patton & Taylor Enterprises, LLC , No.

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Anti-Suit Injunctions and Dispute Resolution Clauses

Conflict of Laws

By Adeline Chong, Singapore Management University Introduction In two decisions decided within a fortnight of each other, the Singapore Court of Appeal considered anti-suit injunctions pursued to restrain proceedings allegedly brought in breach of arbitration agreements.

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Supreme Court will hear election law case with standing issue

At the Lectern

Actions of note at yesterday’s Supreme Court conference included: Supreme Court signs off on another sentence commutation. The court granted review in Travis v. The court apparently didn’t care for the way the First District, Division Two, procedurally handled the habeas corpus petition in In re Murray.

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Supreme Court gives some anti-SLAPP protection to hospital peer review proceedings

At the Lectern

Joseph Health System , the Supreme Court today holds that the anti-SLAPP statute , which allows for an early screening of claims that could chill constitutionally protected free speech or petition rights, can be used to review some, but not all, causes of action relating to mandatory hospital medical staff peer review proceedings.

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NO FILING A LATE NOTICE OF CLAIM IN THIS TOWN

NewmanFerraraLLP

TOWN LAW DIDN’T PERMIT A LATE FILING After a construction company wasn’t paid for highway repair work it performed for the T own of Pendleton , a lawsuit was filed alleging “breach of contract, unjust enrichment and quantum meruit.” ” And unlike other comparable laws, this statute did not permit a late filing.