A judge has signed of on a settlement struck by the liquidator for failed financial services firm Babcock & Brown, which will resolve all remaining and future shareholder disputes, which have beleaguered the liquidator for 12 years.
Saying the appeals court committed “fundamental errors” in approaching their claim of loss, the applicants in failed cases against the Commonwealth Bank have appealed to the High Court, in a case that could clarity the elusive test for damages in shareholder class actions.
A court has approved Crown Resorts’ $72.5 million settlement of a shareholder class action, as well as a $20 million cut for the plaintiff’s law firm.
Two minority shareholders in Argentina’s state-controlled oil company have won a dispute over service in their case seeking to enforce a $24.3 billion judgment awarded in a US court.
ASIC has confirmed it is investigating at least one ratings house which said Keystone’s failed Shield Master Fund was of ‘investment grade’, as the corporate watchdog seeks to claw back $480 million in investor funds.
A former head of trading technology at the ASX has filed a lawsuit claiming he was axed after he raised concerns about insufficient resources to operate the market properly, including in relation to the exchange’s CHESS replacement project.
A shareholder class action over BHP’s disclosures about a Brazilian dam that collapsed 10 years ago has settled for $110 million on the eve of trial, one of a handful of class actions to settle for over $100 million.
Nuix has lodged an appeal of a ruling finding it owes $20 million before its insurers will cover its legal bills for lawsuits over its $1.8 billion float.
Two failed shareholder class actions against Commonwealth Bank have been returned to a judge to decide if ‘no transaction’ claims can still be pursued, a move CBA argues is a way to keep alive cases that are “truly dead”.
The shareholder leading a class action against failed fund manager Blue Sky Alternative Investments has lost a bid for a split trial it accepted was novel, despite arguing the usual course for trials in securities cases was “misconceived”.