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Linchpin Capital directors hit with $390,000 in penalties
Financial Services 2024-01-10 10:05 pm By Sam Matthews

Four current and former Linchpin Capital directors have been disqualified from heading up companies and hit with a combined $390,000 in penalties, after a judge found they improperly used their positions as directors to line their own pockets.

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United Petroleum outlets sued by FWO for underpayments
Employment 2024-01-10 2:14 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Fair Work Ombudsman has brought proceedings against three United Petroleum-branded outlets in Tasmania and South Australia, alleging they underpaid migrant workers by more than $26,000. 

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Star battles ATO over $5M in junket taxes
Tax 2024-01-09 10:09 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Star is challenging a finding from the commissioner of taxation that the casino giant owes $5.3 million on payments made to junket operators, arguing the payments were not ‘payments for operating or promoting a junket’. 

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Fletcher Building says some NZ claims barred from shareholder class action
Securities 2024-01-09 10:15 pm By Cindy Cameronne

New Zealand construction giant Fletcher Building has hit back at a shareholder class action over allegedly misleading forecasts for the 2017 financial year, saying some of the claims under New Zealand law were brought out of time.

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Toyota faces class action over flex commission car loans
Class Actions 2024-01-08 11:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action boutique has filed proceedings against Toyota’s finance arm over car loans that allegedly encouraged dealers to set high interest rates in exchange for large kickbacks.

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ASIC can’t undo stay of disciplinary case against iSignthis auditor
Appeals 2024-01-08 11:59 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has lost its bid to pursue a disciplinary case against former Grant Thornton director Bradley Taylor over his 2018 audit of fintech firm iSignThis while criminal proceedings are ongoing.

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Court slashes law firm’s costs in Aveo class action settlement
Class Actions 2024-01-05 11:24 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has cut law firm Levitt Robinson’s costs in a class action against retirement village provider Aveo, finding the solicitors were “seriously derelict” in serving their evidence on loss and ran up over $1 million in avoidable costs.

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Apple hit with class action over ‘throttled’ iPhones
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-01-05 9:10 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Apple is facing a new class action on behalf of iPhone 6 and 7 users whose phones were ‘throttled’, or slowed down, due to updates the Silicon Valley company made to its iOS operating system, which were aimed at conserving battery life.

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Concert promoter loses appeal against TEG Live over One Direction tour
Entertainment 2024-01-05 10:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A Sydney concert promoter has lost his appeal against former Nine unit TEG Live, with an appeals court agreeing that his idea to promote a 2013 Australian tour by English-Irish boy band One Direction was not ‘unique’ enough to be confidential information. 

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IC Markets hit with class action over risky CFDs
Class Actions 2023-12-22 10:11 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Sydney-based online broker International Capital Markets has been hit with a class action, and is facing the threat of another representative proceeding by investors who lost money trading risky contracts for difference.

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