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New claims target GetSwift’s enterprise client announcement
Class Actions 2018-03-23 2:36 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Squire Patton Boggs has expanded its shareholder class action against GetSwift to include claims over statements the logistics software company made to shareholders regarding high-volume enterprise contracts.

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Magic Circle firm to rep Rio Tinto in ASIC case
Securities 2018-03-21 11:26 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance will represent Rio Tinto as it faces legal action in Australia over allegedly misleading investors about the coal reserves of a Mozambique mining company it acquired for $4 billion in 2011.

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ASX updates disclosure obligations in wake of GetSwift action
Securities 2018-03-19 12:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Australian Stock Exchange has updated rules on company disclosures regarding consumer contracts, in the wake of a share suspension and investor class action against logistics software company GetSwift for “overhyped” business contract announcements.

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Judge oks S&P deal in Lifeplan case, as another trial kicks off
Securities 2018-03-19 12:19 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

As trial enters its second week in a landmark case against S&P Global, a judge has signed off on a settlement of a separate class action against the U.S. credit ratings agency over its alleged role in the global financial crisis.

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ASIC brings action against Antares Energy, ex-CEO
Securities 2018-03-08 4:52 pm By Christine Caulfield

The securities regulator is going after failed oil prospector Antares Energy and its former chief executive James Cruickshank after they told investors about offers for its oil and gas interests in western Texas that never materialised.

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Ex-Provident Capital director can appeal ASIC ban
Securities 2018-03-07 1:39 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The former head of collapsed debenture firm Provident Capital has gotten court approval to appeal a ruling banning him from managing companies.

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Murray Goulburn class goes digging for Herbert Smith docs
Class Actions 2018-03-02 7:21 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Lawyers running a class action against Murray Goulburn want access to evidence that the dairy cooperative’s trust consulted with a QC about possible claims against its law firm, Herbert Smith Freehills.

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ASIC sues Rio Tinto and former execs
Securities 2018-03-02 4:05 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has lodged a case in Federal Court against Rio Tinto, its former CEO and former CFO over allegedly misleading market statements it made about the reserves of a recent $4 billion acquisition, a controversy that has already landed the mining giant in hot water with regulators in the UK and US.

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Maurice Blackburn faces referee over fees in QBE class action
Securities 2018-03-02 10:57 am By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has called for a referee to look at Maurice Blackburn’s fees for running a shareholder class action against QBE Insurance that settled late last year for $133 million. 

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Shine confident it can defend shareholder class action
Securities 2018-03-01 7:19 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Publicly traded law firm Shine Lawyers has assured investors it can wage a successful defence against a $250 million class action claiming the firm misled shareholders about the value of ongoing business activities.

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