The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has denied that it received any benefits through the sale of its Essential Super product, rejecting claims by Australian Securities and Investments Commission that it breached the conflicted remuneration provisions of the Corporations Act.
Construction giant Boral must now contend with three class actions by shareholders alleging it failed to disclose financial problems with its US windows business, but the cases will stay on ice pending a High Court challenge.
US blockchain technology firm Ripple Labs has said that it will rebrand and block access to allegedly infringing websites as it seeks to rapidly resolve an intellectual property dispute launched over the PayID trade mark.
A court has given the green light for opt out and registration notices to be sent to group members in a shareholder class action against AMP, despite objections by the lead plaintiff in a competing class action.
A $65 million sham contracting class action against fundraising company Appco has settled for just $1.9 million, leaving the company’s allegedly underpaid army of sales staff with “limited” recoveries of between $770 and $2,320.
Insurer QBE wants to downsize a massive class action brought against it and banking giant ANZ over the sale of allegedly worthless add on insurance.
The company behind the ubiquitous mobile banking PayID system has filed Federal Court trade mark proceedings against a US blockchain technology firm over its global real-time payment service.
A judge has signed off on a settlement that releases ANZ from two class actions by 7-Eleven franchisees that alleged the bank engaged in unconscionable conduct and breached responsible lending laws by providing loans to purchase outlets of the convenience store giant.
Hotel quarantines and mandatory masks are less effective than Western Australia’s border closure in controlling the health risks of a COVID-19 outbreak, a judge has ruled in a win for the state as it defends its strict pandemic-battling measures against a constitutional challenge by billionaire Clive Palmer.
A judge has signed off on a $10.5 million settlement in a class action over the 2015 Scotsburn bushfire in Victoria, but slashed the costs of the law firm that brought the case by over $1 million.