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ACCC clears Lendlease’s $1.3B property deal with Stockland
Corporate 2024-09-26 1:52 pm By Sam Matthews

The ACCC will not oppose Lendleaseā€™s plan to sell a portfolio of residential projects to Stockland for $1.3 billion after accepting Stocklandā€™s plan to divest a project in Illawarra.Ā 

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Appeal filed to set aside $112M Robodebt class action settlement
Appeals 2024-09-25 11:48 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

An appeal is seeking to set aside the $112 million Robodebt class action settlement to bring new claims on the back of damning revelations in a royal commission report.

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Dentons chair says he ‘abhors’ offensive statements in anti-vax report
Business of Law 2024-09-25 11:19 pm By Christine Caulfield

Dentons Australia chair and CEO Doug Stipanicev has hit back at claims made in a lawsuit by a former partner over an article he shared that spewed anti-vaccine conspiracy theories.

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Lawyers ‘made themselves protagonists’ in Super Retail case, court told
Employment 2024-09-25 1:42 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Super Retail Group has sought production of communications between two former executives and their solicitors ahead of a fight to disqualify the lawyers from acting in the employment dispute.Ā 

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Vanguard hit with record $12.9M penalty in ASIC greenwashing case
Securities 2024-09-25 10:45 am By Sam Matthews

Vanguard Investments has been ordered to pay a penalty of almost $13 million for misleading the public about its $1 billion ā€œethically consciousā€ hedge fund.

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Macquarie Bank fined almost $5M for market gatekeeper failures
Financial Services 2024-09-25 1:19 pm By Sam Matthews

Macquarie Bank has been fined a record $4.995 million for failing to stop the placement of suspicious orders on the electricity futures market.

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Pesutto admits sharing Deeming settlement talks with Jeff Kennett
Defamation 2024-09-25 11:33 pm By Andy Sidler

Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto has admitted to sharing with ex-state premier Jeff Kennett aspects of settlement discussions with ousted party member Moira Deeming.

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CSR Bradford to hand over docs for possible competition case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-09-25 2:51 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Building insulation supplier CSR Bradford will provide discovery to Consolidated Energy after the independent distributor foreshadowed action alleging misuse of market power.Ā 

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Dentons investigating ex-partner’s claims against Australia chair
Business of Law 2024-09-24 11:33 pm By Christine Caulfield

Dentons is facing a lawsuit by a former partner who alleges the law firm’s Australian chair emailed him a conspiracy-laden anti-vaccine pamphlet.

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High Court asked to overrule Brewster in solicitors’ CFO case
Class Actions 2024-09-24 3:34 pm By Sam Matthews

If it takes up the Federal Court’s ruling in favour of solicitors seeking to earn a cut from a class action, the High Court will be asked to overrule its 2019 decision against common fund orders.

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