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Westpac opposes ‘premature’ notice of $126M class action settlement
Class Actions 2022-11-22 2:19 pm By Sam Matthews

Westpac has objected to several proposed notices going out to group members in a class action over ā€˜junkā€™ consumer credit insurance, which three of the Big Four banks have agreed to pay $126 million to settle.

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No contradictor in law firmā€™s second bid for GCO in ANZ, Westpac class actions
Financial Services 2022-11-18 5:16 pm By Cindy Cameronne

ANZ and Westpac have failed in their bid for a contradictor to weigh in on a contingency fee bid in two class actions, as the law firm that lost the first ever application for a group costs order tries again.

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CBA’s former boss Ian Narev grilled over internal audits 4 years before AUSTRAC action
Class Actions 2022-11-14 10:02 pm By Christine Caulfield

The former chief executive of Commonwealth Bank has told a court internal auditors raised issues with CBA’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing compliance four years before AUSTRAC took action that saw the bank’s share price plummet.

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Nuix drags PwC into shareholder class action over $1.8B IPO
Corporate 2022-11-09 11:41 pm By Christine Caulfield

Nuix has pointed the finger at its accountant PricewaterhouseCoopers in the software company’s defence to a class action over a prospectus for its $1.8 billion IPO two years ago.

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CBA says disclosing money laundering failures would have misled the market
Trials 2022-11-09 9:16 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has argued that disclosing its money laundering failures before AUSTRAC brought proceedings would have misled the market, as the bank takes the rare move of defending a shareholder class action at trial.

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Class action can’t get its hands on AMP, Clayton Utz emails
Class Actions 2022-11-09 9:24 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge overseeing a class action over AMPā€™s fees for no service practice has dismissed the applicantā€™s bid to access communications between AMP and law firm Clayton Utz that led up to an ostensibly independent report that allegedly went through 25 rounds of edits with the wealth manager’s inhouse lawyers.

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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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‘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 ā€œcatastrophicā€ 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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Class action trial looms for CBA over money laundering disclosures
Class Actions 2022-11-03 11:59 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia faces trial Monday in one of several class actions filed against a major Australian company in recent years over allegedly lax money laundering practices and disclosures.

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iSignthis drops $464M lawsuit against ASX
Financial Services 2022-11-03 11:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Fintech iSignthis has dropped a $464 million lawsuit brought against the Australian Stock Exchange three years ago over allegedly misleading conduct in relation to the suspension of the company’s shares.

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