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Banksia class action judge to OK settlements with former silk, cost consultant
Class Actions 2023-06-16 1:48 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has indicated he will approve settlements totalling $2.7 million reached with disgraced senior barrister Norman O’Bryan and a cost consultant retained by the legal team behind the Banksia class action fraud.

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$47M settlement in ANZ credit insurance class action reasonable, judge says
Financial Services 2023-06-16 4:37 pm By Christine Caulfield

A $47 million settlement in a class action against ANZ — one of three settlements in a series of class actions against the big banks over ‘junk’ consumer credit insurance — was fair and reasonable, a judge has said.

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High Court won’t hear broker’s case over 2014 ban for second time
Financial Services 2023-06-15 5:53 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court has rejected an appeal by a mortgage broker in a saga stretching back a decade, when the corporate regulator imposed a lifelong ban against the broker for failing to disclose a conviction on his credit licence application.

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HWL Ebsworth gets court ban against hackers, as firm reveals cost of breach
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2023-06-14 3:53 pm By Christine Caulfield

A court has issued an injunction against the Russian-linked hacking group that accessed troves of data from HWL Ebsworth, including client information, as the law firm details the cost and time spent responding to the breach.

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Optus to rebrand ‘Boost’ products in trade mark case settlement
Telecommunications 2023-06-14 4:46 pm By Christine Caulfield

Optus has agreed to rebrand products that Boost Tel claimed had infringed on its trade marks, inĀ  a settlement of the rivals’ intellectual property spat.

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Council’s GST payments not unconstitutional tax, High Court says
Tax 2023-06-14 11:09 pm By Christine Caulfield

Notional GST payments by local councils under an intergovernmental agreement with the Commonwealth are a voluntary act, not an impermissible tax in breach of the Constitution, the High Court has ruled.

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Settlement in class action against CIMIC unit wins approval
Employment 2023-06-13 4:41 pm By Christine Caulfield

A $438,000 settlement in a class action accusing a unit of engineering company CIMIC of underpaying casual aluminium construction and manufacturing workers has won court approval.

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Big Un’s CFO charged with insider trading in latest action over failed company
White Collar 2023-06-13 3:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

The former chief financial officer of Big Un has become the third person to be charged with insider trading connected to shares in the defunct video producer.

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Armaguard, Prosegur merger wins clearance from ACCC with conditions
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-06-13 4:22 pm By Christine Caulfield

Armaguard and rival Prosegur have secured authorisation for their proposed merger from the ACCC, which has found the likely reduction in competition in the cash transport industry was outweighed by the public benefits of the transaction.

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ATO prevails against Binetter company as new evidence reveals ‘extraordinary deceit’
Tax 2023-06-09 11:26 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Australian Taxation Office has won a long-running case over an international tax evasion scheme by a company linked to the Binetter family after uncovering evidence showing earlier judgments were secured by fraud.

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