ANZ has confirmed that senior executives could face consequences in an investigation led by Herbert Smith Freehills and Allens regarding concerns that it manipulated government bond sales last year.Â
The judge considering a $272 million settlement in class actions against Uber will appoint a pair of contradictors to advise her on the hundreds of objections lobbed against the agreement.
ASIC has brought civil penalty proceedings against Chinese government-owned agri-business COFCO, alleging it manipulated the market for Eastern Australian wheat futures market contracts in 2022.Â
An Australian YouTuber has been sued by a lithium battery company which asked him for âunbiased reviewsâ of its products, saying his videos raising concerns about the batteries are defamatory.
Two Gosford-based smash repair businesses have won an appeal in a dispute with AMA Group over the earn out amount the ASX-list company owed under an October 2018 agreement to purchase the companies for $4.8 million.
Star Track Express has lost its bid to summarily dismiss a lawsuit by a warehouse worker who claims it is vicariously liable for sexual harassment after the logistics company argued she had no contractual relationship with the business.
A former employee of the Australian Taxation Office who faced murder charges over a cold case from 1984, which have since been dropped, has lost his unfair dismissal case after the FWC found he was not forced to resign.Â
A class action has accused not for profit community legal service Knowmore Legal of breaching its duty of care and providing negligent advice to survivors of institutional child sexual abuse who settled their claims under the National Redress Scheme when they could have recovered more by taking their claims to court.
A medical imaging company has lost its negligence case alleging Malouf Solicitors failed to advise it that its defences in District Court proceedings were doomed to fail, with a judge finding the companyâs executives were informed of the risks of defending the case.
An appeals court has questioned General Motorsâ construction of its settlement with the applicant in a class action on behalf of Holden dealers, as the car maker seeks to overturn a ruling that put it on the hook for the applicant’s full costs.