A judge has said if he sides with a former ANZ trader in a privilege dispute with the bank over file notes from 2014 meetings over ASIC’s bank bill swap rate investigations it would create a “whole world of pain” for solicitors claiming privilege over their notes in other cases.
A judge has allowed two a2 Milk trade marks to proceed to registration despite “legitimate uncertainty” created by IP Australia in a long-running intellectual property spat with competitor Lion Dairy & Drinks.
The ACCC has been accused of running a “experimental test case” that tries to fit the shares market within the scope of the Competition and Consumer Act with its criminal cartel case against Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and several prominent banking executives over a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement.
Collapsed NSW training company Australian Institute of Professional Education has been slugged with a $153 million penalty, the highest ever fine in a consumer law case, after the Federal Court found the school targeted vulnerable students through an “unconscionable” enrolment system.
JPMorgan Australia chairman Rob Priestley told Citigroup and Deutsche Bank executives not to āpanicā about picking up a shortfall in the sale of ANZ shares, a court has heard in the ACCCās criminal cartel case over a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement.
The Fair Work Ombudsman has taken supermarket giant Coles to court for allegedly underpaying more than 7,800 staff members $115 million over three years.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has given the green light to pork processor JBS Australia to proceed with its proposed $175 million acquisition of a Singapore-owned pig farm and abattoir business, despite competition concerns raised by pig farmers.
A senior ACCC officer tried to dissuade ASIC from investigating alleged insider trading by JPMorgan because of fears it would āupsetā the competition regulatorās criminal cartel case over a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement, a court has heard.
The CFMMEU and two of its officers have been hit with a $554,600 penalty for allegedly using the union’s ācovert industrial muscleā to pressure a New South Wales crane company to bend to its bargaining demands.
A senior ACCC officer was probed Tuesday on whether the competition regulator updated its guidelines for taking witness statements in July in response to criticism of investigators’ methods in the cartel probe over ANZ’s $2.5 billion share placement.