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Court tosses conviction of Fly365 director, says case ‘doomed to fail’
Restructuring & Insolvency 2023-05-17 2:08 pm By Sam Matthews

A court has tossed a conviction secured in ASICā€™s case against a director of collapsed flight booking platform Fly365, saying the case was ā€œdoomed to failure.ā€

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ASIC claims Solvar unit provided unsuitable car loans to vulnerable customers
ASIC 2023-05-17 11:00 pm By Gareth Baker

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has dragged lender Money3 to court for allegedly failing to properly assess the creditworthiness of low-income individuals before saddling them with $11,000 loans for second-hand car purchases.

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Block’s mobile payment method not patentable, says IP Australia
Fintech 2023-05-16 12:14 pm By Sam Matthews

IP Australia has rejected an application by US technology company Block to patent a mobile payment method, saying it does not describe a manner of manufacture — the threshold requirement tripping up many claimed computer-implemented inventions.

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Crown, AUSTRAC reach deal on penalty but court wants guidance on ill-gotten profits
AUSTRAC 2023-05-12 3:25 pm By Sam Matthews

Crown Resorts has reached agreement on a proposed penalty in AUSTRAC’s case alleging ā€œwidespread and serious non-complianceā€ with anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing laws, but the presiding judge says more information is needed for the court to fix a fine.

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Australian Mines ex-director hit with $70,000 penalty for conference representations
Energy & Natural Resources 2023-05-12 11:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A former director of Australian Mines has copped at $70,000 penalty in ASIC proceedings accusing him of making false and misleading representations at mining investment conferences in 2018.

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Insurance Australia agrees to $40M penalty in ‘very serious’ case over unpaid discounts
Insurance 2023-05-11 4:57 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Insurance Australia has agreed to pay a $40 million penalty in a case by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission alleging it short-changed NRMA customers a staggering $60 million in promised loyalty discounts.Ā 

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University of Technology Sydney to backpay staff $4.4M
FWO 2023-05-11 11:34 pm By Gareth Baker

The University of Technology Sydney will backpay staff more than $4.4 million, plus $1.3 million in superannuation and interest, after agreeing to an enforceable undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman.

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Facial recognition platform Clearview broke privacy laws by scraping images, AAT says
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2023-05-10 2:35 pm By Sam Matthews

US facial recognition company Clearview breached Australian privacy laws by trawling the web for photos of Australians for use by law enforcement agencies, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal has found.

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Optus fronts Competition Tribunal to warn about ā€˜troublingā€™ $1.8B Telstra, TPG deal
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-05-09 11:36 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Telstra and TPG have asked the Competition Tribunal to undo the ACCC’s rejection of their proposed regional network sharing agreement, but fellow telco Optus has warned the deal would kneecap its ability to compete.

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Legal advice in spotlight as ASIC claims financial services firm diverted funds to limit penalty
Financial Services 2023-05-09 11:28 pm By Gareth Baker

A court has appointed a referee to examine whether a law firm’s communications with Golden Financial furthered a plan by the financial advisory firm to divert assets to minimise a penalty sought by the corporate regulator in the first case alleging a breach of the so-called best interest duty.

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