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Could law firms face privacy class actions for data breaches?

Privacy class actions may be looming on the horizon, which both offer opportunities for Australian litigators and funders and simultaneously may expose firms whose cyber security measures are not up to scratch to actions from classes of affected clients.

October 04, 2019 By Jerome Doraisamy
Reece Corbett-Wilkins
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In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Clyde & Co senior associate Reece Corbett-Wilkins for a discussion about data breaches, where the law currently stands with actionable privacy torts, what Australian lawyers and litigation funders can learn from global data breaches, including the Cambridge Analytica scandal, as Australia stands on the brink of privacy class actions.

 
 

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Jerome Doraisamy

Jerome Doraisamy is the managing editor of Lawyers Weekly and HR Leader. He is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in New South Wales, and a board director of the Minds Count Foundation.

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