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ASIC says super trustees haven’t learned lesson from Shield, First Guardian collapse
The corporate regulator says platform super trustees are failing to monitor excessive advice fees, risky adviser behaviour and high-risk super switching, despite $1 billion in losses suffered by investors in the wake of the collapse of the Shield and First Guardian Master Funds.
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Valmorbida family says neighbours’ High Court case up against centuries-old law
In a High Court feud between Sorrento neighbors, the prominent Valmorbida family has argued an appeal by Stellar co-founder Simon Pitard and wife Sky would have to overturn longstanding doctrine on rights of long use in order to prevail.
IAG class action can add damages claim not tied to disclosure breach
A judge says a shareholder class action against IAG can add a new damages claim, despite the insurer arguing it was untethered from any contravention and “clearly bad in law”.
Kwinana engineer files High Court bid over fraud claims in union case
The engineering firm behind the Kwinana energy transformation hub in Western Australia wants the High Court to hear a union's case alleging it fraudulently failed to disclose information to the Fair Work Commission.
Diversa faces APRA investigation over executive pay
Superannuation trustee Diversa is facing an investigating by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority into its executive remuneration practices.
Worley takes class action loss to High Court
Engineering services firm Worley has taken last month's landmark loss in a shareholder class action to the High Court, challenging the Full Federal Court's embrace of market-based causation and its adoption of the facilitation principle.
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Lendlease to offload stake in Keyton for $525M
Lendlease will sell its stake in the Keyton Retirement Living Trust to Aware Super for $525 million as the property giant looks to trim its debt. 
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Greens say ‘tech bros’ need oversight, call for data centre moratorium
The Greens party has called for a moratorium on Australian data centres, with Senator Sarah Hanson-Young saying Australia is “sleep walking into an AI crisis”.
Block Earner will have to produce legal advice to avoid penalty in ASIC case: expert
A financial licensing expert has predicted that cryptocurrency firm Block Earner will have to produce the legal advice that saw it avoid a penalty at first instance, after the High Court found last week that it needed a financial services licence. 
Fed-up FWC slams growing trend of AI misuse by complainants
A full bench of the Fair Work Commission has attacked an Uber driver's "unreasonable" reliance on artificial intelligence to prepare his complaint, saying it was part of an increasing trend of applicants abusing generative AI.