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Super Retail gets second chance to black out terms of settlement with top execs
Employment 2024-10-14 11:01 pm By Christine Caulfield

Super Retail Group can bring an appeal in its fight to suppress parts of a settlement two executives allege they reached after they were fired.

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‘Audacious fraud’: Banks win $500M case against Forum Finance directors
Financial Services 2024-10-11 1:32 pm By Sam Matthews

Westpac and two other lenders have won their cases alleging they were scammed out of $500 million in loans to the Forum group of companies.

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With new self-funding model, class action firm’s promise to pay Macquarie’s costs not enough
Class Actions 2024-10-09 11:30 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

With its new business model of self-funding class actions, Maurice Blackburn can’t get by with an undertaking to indemnify Macquarie for its costs if a case over flex commissions fails.

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Solicitors can stay on case against Super Retail despite conflict of interest
Employment 2024-10-09 4:53 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Super Retail has lost its bid to restrain Harmers Workplace Lawyers from acting for two former executives, despite a judge finding the firm had a conflict of interest.

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Jaguar hits back at diesel filter class action
Class Actions 2024-10-09 11:59 pm By Sam Matthews

Jaguar Land Rover has hit back at a class action alleging it misled drivers of cars fitted with allegedly defective diesel particulate filters, saying the “wear and tear” of car parts is to be expected.

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EDO can’t avoid subpoena despite agreeing to pay Santos’ costs
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-10-09 4:39 pm By Andy Sidler

The Environmental Defenders Office can’t dodge a subpoena by Santos seeking material to back a bid for full indemnity costs in a failed case over a pipeline for the $5.6 billion Barossa gas project.

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Former Noumi CFO set to cop $100,000 penalty in ASIC case
Securities 2024-10-08 3:48 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has indicated he will sign off on a $100,000 penalty and four-year ban against the former CFO of Noumi, who has admitted his role in the food company’s non-disclosures.

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Qantas’ $120M deal to resolve ‘ghost flights’ case wins court approval
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-10-08 1:17 pm By Andy Sidler

A court has approved a $100 million penalty and another $20 million payment in compensation for Qantas customers after the airline admitted to selling tickets on cancelled flights.

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Aristocrat sues rival, ex-employees over Dragon Link trade secrets
Intellectual Property 2024-10-07 10:35 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Aristocrat has sued competitor Light & Wonder and two former employees for allegedly using confidential information about its popular Dragon Link poker game to develop a competing product.

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Flex commissions class action against ANZ settles for $85M
Financial Services 2024-10-04 10:51 am By Cindy Cameronne

A class action against ANZ over alleged predatory lending practices has settled for $85 million, while two related cases against Westpac and Macquarie are set to go to trial this month.  

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