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ASIC scores third straight win in greenwashing cases
Greenwashing 2024-06-05 9:55 pm By Sam Matthews

The corporate regulator is on a winning streak in its greenwashing cases, with a judge rejecting Active Super’s attempt to qualify its “unequivocal” statements about limiting its investment in companies connected to gambling and coal mining.

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Clive Palmer sues former ASIC chair James Shipton
ASIC 2024-06-05 11:35 pm By Andy Sidler

Litigation hobbyist Clive Palmer has filed proceedings against former Australian Securities and Investments Commission chair James Shipton, alleging he acted in bad faith and beyond his power in the regulator’s pursuit of claims against him.

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Crypto provider spared penalty in ASIC case because it took advice from leading law firm
Cryptocurrency 2024-06-04 3:12 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has excused cryptocurrency product provider Block Earner from paying a penalty in a case brought by ASIC, despite finding it provided a financial product without a licence, because it obtained legal advice and genuinely believed it was not breaching the law.

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Judge penalises National Gallery contractor $1.5M in ACCC bid-rigging case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-06-04 11:22 pm By Andy Sidler

Industrial technology company Delta Building Automation has been hit with a $1.5 million penalty after it was found liable for attempting to rig a bid for construction work on the National Gallery of Australia, a penalty five times the sum it asked the court to impose.

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Latitude defeats customer’s $1M lawsuit over data breach
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-06-04 11:15 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has thrown out a self-represented customer’s lawsuit against non-bank lender Latitude Financial after he defaulted on court orders and refused to join tech giants DXC Technology and Crowdstrike to his case over a cyberattack that compromised 14 million customer records. 

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In first, cafe franchisor 85 Degrees hit with $1.44M penalty for franchisee’s underpayments
Employment 2024-06-04 3:35 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has ordered Sydney coffee shop chain 85 Degrees to pay a $1.44 million penalty for underpayments by its franchisees, saying it cannot be seen as acceptable for franchisors to “turn a blind eye” to contraventions by franchisees. 

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Santos socked with $2.75M penalty for record-keeping failures
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-06-04 1:56 pm By Sam Matthews

The Australian Energy Regulator has secured a $2.75 million penalty in a case against oil and gas company Santos alleging record-keeping failures in breach of the National Gas Rules. 

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Privilege ruling in Noumi case could hamper ASIC investigations, regulator says
Appeals 2024-05-30 2:47 pm By Cindy Cameronne

ASIC has argued a recent ruling that found Noumi waived privilege over a PwC report by providing it to the regulator could dissuade people from voluntarily disclosing information during investigations and cause a “loss of public benefit” if allowed to stand. 

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Email with paraphrased legal advice privileged, FWC finds in union’s multi-employer deal row
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-05-30 11:35 pm By Andy Sidler

The Fair Work Commission has found in favour of a union in its bid to keep an email containing legal advice confidential amid a stoush with Peabody Energy and other mining companies over a proposed multi-enterprise agreement. 

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IAG hit with class action over ‘misleading’ loyalty discounts
Class Actions 2024-05-28 11:22 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Two units of insurer IAG have been hit with a class action for allegedly misleading hundreds of thousands of home owners insurance customers about loyalty discounts.

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