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Court to hear bid to join insurers to class action against Blue Sky, EY
Class Actions 2023-03-24 10:27 pm By Sam Matthews

The insurers of Blue Sky Alternative Investments are fighting a bid to be joined to a consolidated investor class action against the company and its auditor, EY.

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Downer EDI faces class action threat over accounting irregularities
Construction 2023-03-21 3:29 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Downer EDI is facing a possible shareholder class action after the construction giant revealed accounting irregularities had caused it to overstate its revenue by as much as $40 million.

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Tesla Australia director gets suspended sentence for insider trading
Securities 2023-03-21 8:22 am By Christine Caulfield

Tesla Motors Australia former director Kurt Schlosser has been given a suspended sentence for trading in shares of a lithium supplier based on insider information.

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Shareholder class action targets Fletcher Building for ‘misleading’ FY17 forecasts
Construction 2023-03-14 5:04 pm By Christine Caulfield

Shareholders have brought a class action in Australia against New Zealand-based Fletcher Building, alleging the company failed to disclose material information relating to its construction division.

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Class action firm’s potential profit from Arrium case not relevant to security sum: judge
Class Actions 2023-03-10 3:10 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge overseeing a security dispute in a shareholder class action against KPMG and former directors of Arrium has found that potential profits to the plaintiff law firm running the case under a group costs order is not relevant to determining the quantum of security for costs.

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S&P fights ‘significant’ expansion of class action over CDO ratings
Class Actions 2023-03-01 10:28 pm By Sam Matthews

S&P Global is fighting bids to expand a class action alleging systemic defects in its ratings systems to a new type of complex financial product and to include allegations from a US Department of Justice case in a separate suit by two Cayman Islands-based companies.

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ASIC takes Noumi, top executives to court over 2019 financial reports
Securities 2023-02-27 8:44 am By Christine Caulfield

The corporate watchdog has brought action against former Freedom Foods Group and its former CEO and CFO for alleged disclosure breaches relating to inventory values in its 2019 financial reports.

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Slew of insurers targeted in Virgin bond holders class action
Class Actions 2023-02-24 4:51 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A class action accusing Virgin Australia of failing to disclose its true financial position in a 2019 prospectus for a $324 million capital raising is seeking to join a slew of the airline’s insurers to the case.

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Appeals court asked to decide if GCO can ‘travel’ in Arrium class action
Class Actions 2023-02-22 2:10 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has referred to an appeals court the question of whether a group costs order can “travel”, as KPMG continues to push to transfer a shareholder class action over the collapse of mining company Arrium to New South Wales.

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GetSwift hit with $15M penalty in ASIC action over misleading announcements
Securities 2023-02-16 3:39 pm By Sam Matthews

GetSwift has been hit with a $15M penalty and several of its directors have been slapped with substantial penalties after the company was found to have misled shareholders in breach of the Corporations Act.

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