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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. As the case commenced in 2020, Facebook may be penalized under the previous regime. ” If prosecuted, the penalty for repeated privacy breaches incurs a penalty of $2.2

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WHAT IS ASSOCIATIONAL DISCRIMINATION?

JayS.Rothman&Associates

For example, courts have held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees from discrimination on the basis of their associates’ race, gender, religion, and/or national origin. Iona College, a federal appellate court explained the rationale for reading associational discrimination into Title VII. In Holcomb v.

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Supreme Court will decide easement, sentencing cases

At the Lectern

At the Supreme Court’s conference yesterday, a double one, actions of note included: Implied easements. The court agreed to hear Romero v. Shih , at least to decide this limited issue: “Did the trial court correctly find the existence of an implied easement under the facts?” ” Sentencing.

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New rules on service outside Australia for the Federal Court of Australia

Conflict of Laws

The Federal Court Legislation Amendment Rules 2022 (Cth) (‘Amendment Rules’) came into force on 13 January 2023. Among other things, they amend the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) (‘FCR’) by repealing division 10.4, The previous approach to service outside Australia in the Federal Court.

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