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ASX pays $1.05M fine for ‘careless’ pre-trade transparency failure
Securities 2024-03-07 2:57 pm By Christine Caulfield

ASX Limited has paid a $1,050,000 fine after the corporate regulator pinged it with an infringement notice for failing to comply with market integrity rules — a first against the market operator.

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Class action launched against Lendi Group over mortgage insurance
Class Actions 2024-03-06 3:21 pm By Christine Caulfield

Mortgage broker Lendi Group and insurer ALI Group face a class action over the sale of allegedly worthless mortgage insurance policies to homeowners.

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Merivale to pay $18M in underpayments class action settlement
Class Actions 2024-03-06 4:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

Merivale will fork over $18 million in a proposed settlement to resolve an employment class action against the hospitality giant, of which $8.6 million is sought to be deducted in legal fees and a funder’s commission.

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PwC spinoff Scyne Advisory sues to stop partner moving to Downer EDI
Accounting 2024-03-05 11:06 pm By Christine Caulfield

Government consulting firm Scyne Advisory has brought legal action to stop a partner from jumping to the professional services arm of infrastructure giant Downer EDI.

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Downer EDI points finger at KPMG in shareholder class action
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-03-04 3:55 pm By Christine Caulfield

Downer EDI has named KPMG in a cross-claim in a class action by shareholders, a move the accounting giant says has forced it to resign as auditor for the infrastructure services company.

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Investigation of DPP complaint against Supreme Court judge Lex Lasry discontinued
Legal Ethics 2024-03-04 11:20 pm By Christine Caulfield

Victoria’s judicial watchdog has dropped its investigation of a complaint against Supreme Court Justice Lex Lasry by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Kerri Judd SC, who accused the judge of making comments attacking her professional integrity.

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Brittany Higgins’ rape claim doesn’t get more persuasive if court rejects Lehrmann’s story, his lawyers say
Defamation 2024-03-01 11:51 pm By Christine Caulfield

The court might find Bruce Lehrmann’s story implausible, but that doesn’t mean Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape is the only possible alternative to what happened in Parliament House five years ago, Lehrmann’s lawyers have told a court.

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Law firm wins 30% contingency fee rate in IAG shareholder class action
Class Actions 2024-02-29 11:50 pm By Christine Caulfield

The law firm behind a class action against Insurance Australia Group has secured a group costs order that will give it 30 per cent of any proceeds — a contingency fee rate six percentage points higher than the median rate for shareholder cases.

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In Hutchinson, CFMEU boycott case, ACCC failed to prove more than ‘industrial muscle’ at work
Construction 2024-02-29 11:44 pm By Christine Caulfield

Builder J Hutchinson and the union for construction workers have successfully appealed a finding that they unlawfully agreed to boycott an independent subcontractor at a Brisbane building site.

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Finfluencer’s $60,000 settlement offer no better than declaration of TM infringement, court says
Intellectual Property 2024-02-29 11:17 pm By Christine Caulfield

A ruling that finfluencer Canna Campbell infringed a rival’s ‘financial foreplay’ trade mark but owed zero damages was not a less favourable outcome for a fellow financial advisor than a $60,000 settlement offer, a court has found in rejecting a bid for indemnity costs.

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