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Ex-G8 Education chair suffers another loss in challenge to ASIC examination
Former G8 Education chair Jennifer Hutson has lost an appeal of a decision that found she was not unlawfully examined by the corporate regulator over the childcare company's $162 million hostile takeover bid for Affinity Education Group.
Murdoch coughs up $1.3M in Crikey’s legal costs of defamation case
Fox News CEO Lachlan Murdoch has paid $1.3 million to Crikey publisher Private Media for costs incurred successfully defending his defamation suit.
Sacked top pilot settles case with Virgin over alleged CEO bullying
Virgin Australia has settled a lawsuit brought by its former chief pilot alleging the airline sacked him for complaining of bullying and harassment by its CEO.
Wealth guru Dominique Grubisa can’t get more detail about ACCC’s case
Dominique Grubisa has come up short in her bid to have the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission file formal pleadings in its case alleging she misled students enrolled in her real estate investing and wealth management courses.
AMP to pay $110M to settle shareholder class action
A shareholder class action that was filed in the wake of the banking royal commission over AMP’s fees-for-no-service practices has settled for $110 million. 
Class action says Qantas got ‘$1B in interest free loans’ from COVID-19 cancellations
Qantas faces a class action on behalf of hundreds of thousands of customers who allegedly never received refunds after flights were cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Woodside faces legal challenge to Scarborough gas project
A traditional custodian has taken Woodside Energy to court in a bid to halt offshore seismic blasting for its Scarborough gas project, in a legal challenge similar to one that put Santos’ $4.7 billion Barossa project on ice.
ASIC suffers significant loss in ‘illegal phoenix’ case against liquidator
The corporate regulator has failed in its case targeting an individual insolvency practitioner for alleged illegal phoenix activity.
Mercer set to admit liability in ASIC’s first greenwashing case
Mercer Superannuation is likely to admit liability in the corporate regulator’s maiden greenwashing case, a court has heard.
IAG class action says 30% GCO can’t be compared to beauty parade rates in Star cases
In its bid for a 30 per cent group costs order, the applicant in a class action against Insurance Australia Group says the percentage shouldn’t be compared to lower proposed rates -- as low as 14 per cent -- in a battle to run a class action against Star.