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Lander & Rogers has nabbed a finance partner from Corrs Chambers & Westgarth, who says his clients have been enthusiastic about his shift to a somewhat smaller firm.
Trial in a case alleging Mastercard misused its market power by striking deals with retailers to defend revenues against EFTPOS routing has heard external competition lawyers suggested removing the word 'routing' from its contract with Woolworths.
The corporate watchdog’s first case under internal dispute resolution regulations has had mixed results, with a court finding compliance failures by Telstra Super but no under-resourcing.
Mastercard risked losing half its revenue from retail interchange fees as a result of the Reserve Bank's least-cost routing initiative, and struck deals with top retailers to defend its core business, a court was told Wednesday.
A trial judge has heard that Mastercard's top Australian executives discussed stripping Woolworths of strategic merchant status if the supermarket giant routed customer transactions through the cheaper EFTPOS network.
ANZ's New Zealand unit says it may be on the hook for $102.5 million (NZ$125 million) after losing a class action alleging it failed to repay fees and interest wrongly charged to customers who took out home or personal loans.
Lender White Oak may argue that settlement communications in proceedings over the collapse of supply chain finance company Greensill were in furtherance of fraud and should be turned over, after partially succeeding in a privilege fight with insurers BCC Trade Credit and Tokio Marine.
Another former director of collapsed Melbourne over-the-counter derivatives broker Berndale Capital Securities has pleaded guilty to misusing company funds, after his fellow director was sentenced to prison time.
Gadens has brought on eight new partners, building out its offering for in-demand practices like corporate, financial services and real estate and construction.
A former director of marketing companies linked to the failed Shield and First Guardian funds says ASIC's 14-month investigation has left him facing a travel ban and freezing orders but no substantive allegations.