A commission baked into a funding agreement in a class action against Mayne Pharma is under threat, with a judge mulling an order off his own bat to cut the rate.
BHP has told an appeals court a shareholder class action should not be allowed to expand the group definition to correct an alleged drafting error.
Founder and managing director of mining company Mineral Resources Chris Ellison will step down after an internal investigation found he engaged in misconduct.
A shareholder class action against BHP over the 2015 Fundao dam collapse in Brazil has won a bid to add an extra three weeks to a six-week hearing to account for any evidentiary surprises.
Medibank is seeking to shield from a shareholder class action an “irrelevant” post-incident report by Deloitte into its massive October 2022 data breach.
As Mineral Resources and WiseTech face shareholder glare over accusations levelled at their billionaire bosses, it is Herbert Smith Freehills that their embattled boards have turned to.
The former CEO of fintech iSignthis would need a loan to pay a $1.5 million penalty sought by the corporate regulator for breaches of directors duties, a court has heard.
The funder and law firm that ran a shareholder class action against Mayne Pharma are seeking deductions that would leave more than half of a $38 million settlement for group members.
The former CFO of Noumi has been hit with a $100,000 penalty and four-year ban for his involvement in the company’s continuous disclosure breaches, which a judge heard caused him to drink a bottle of wine every night.
An appeals court has backed a decision awarding carriage of a shareholder class action against Downer EDI to two firms that joined their cases, rejecting an argument that it would encourage races to consolidate.