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Liberty Financial appeals partial victory for ATO
Tax 2022-11-09 10:33 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Liberty Financial unit Minerva has challenged a judgment that found two schemes it carried out were done with the primary purpose of securing a tax advantage.

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Medibank faces potential class action over breach as hacker posts data
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2022-11-08 8:12 am By Christine Caulfield

A class action investigation over the data breach that exposed the personal information of almost 10 million Medibank customers is underway, with two law firms teaming up to probe whether the private health insurer is liable for damages.

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Trial pokes holes in CBA’s claim of ‘cordial’ relationship with AUSTRAC
Trials 2022-11-08 10:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne

While CBA’s defence to a shareholder class action argues the bank did not need to disclose money laundering failures because it doubted AUSTRAC would take legal action, communications show it was drafting a defence six months before proceedings started, a trial has heard.

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Shareholders launch second class action against Blue Sky, EY
Securities 2022-11-08 11:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A second securities class action has been filed against failed Blue Sky Alternative Investments and auditor EY alleging financial reports materially overstated the health of the asset manager ahead of its collapse three years ago.

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Ex-Courtenay House director pleads guilty over $180M Ponzi scheme
White Collar 2022-11-08 9:26 pm By Sam Matthews

The former director of investment management fund Courtenay House has pleaded guilty to five criminal charges after an ASIC investigation revealed he duped 585 investors in a $180 million Ponzi scheme.

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The Economist loses challenge to ‘The Beer Economist’ trade mark
Intellectual Property 2022-11-08 11:40 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Media company The Economist has failed in its opposition to registration of a trade mark for The Beer Economist, with an IP Australia delegate saying the mark was not substantially identical or deceptively similar to the UK publisher’s brand.

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Virgin’s insurers may be pulled into bond holders class action
Class Actions 2022-11-08 4:02 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Virgin Australia’s insurers may be dragged into a class action accusing the airline of failing to disclose its true financial position in a 2019 prospectus for a $324 million capital raising.

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‘Law breaking on a grand scale:’ CBA’s money laundering failures on trial
Class Actions 2022-11-07 11:22 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia knew about a “catastrophic” code error that caused widespread non-compliance with money laundering rules two years before it was disclosed to the market, a court has been told in a rare shareholder class action trial.

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Sydney’s $3B light rail was a ‘train wreck’, class action trial told
Trials 2022-11-07 4:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action on behalf of 3,500 business owners along Sydney’s light rail route has told a court that group members bore the brunt of the project’s delayed construction, described as “a train wreck which could be predicted from a mile away”.

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Star Entertainment faces second class action over money laundering compliance
Class Actions 2022-11-07 10:54 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Star Entertainment Group has been served with a second shareholder class action over disclosures relating to its anti-money laundering controls, a month after it was slapped with a $100 million fine.

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