Stockbroking firm Ord Minnett has overturned a judgment finding it owed years of wages and other entitlements to a wealth adviser who was only paid in commissions.
Hall & Wilcox has brought proceedings against accounting firm Pitcher Partners, alleging it breached its duty of care by providing negligent advice on late superannuation payments.
A cyber criminal has targeted a Qantas call centre that holds the records of six million customers, in an attack exposing a “significant” amount of data.
The corporate regulator says defunct forex broker Union Standard and its agents should be hit with $300 million in penalties for their tactics in pressuring customers to trade in risky financial products.
US biotech company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has sued Sandoz, claiming it is threatening to infringe the patent for its Eylea biologic, used to treat macular degeneration and diabetic macular oedema.
A Sydney silk has been reprimanded and fined $10,000 after he was found to have engaged in “unwanted touching” of a female solicitor at a work Christmas function in 2023.
Derrimut Health and Fitness has challenged the Australian Taxation Office’s rejection of its bid to pay a $14.6 million tax debt in installments.
A law firm fighting for carriage of class actions against Hyundai and Kia has argued competing proceedings with a lower funding rate should not have a leg up, saying the rival firm’s budget was a “fantasy”.
Downer EDI has sold its 49 per cent stake in a bus and light rail joint venture with French public transport operator Keolis for $132 million.
The common practice of splitting hearings on questions of liability and penalty may become “completely untenable” when there are credit issues, if the High Court upholds a recent recusal decision, a judge has said.