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Children’s music juggernaut The Wiggles denies claims in an adverse action case by its former CEO and says he was axed because he lost the trust of Captain Feathersword and the gang.
UK class action firm Pogust Goodhead closes Sydney office
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A year and a half after moving into the Australian class action market with an $835 million war chest, UK plaintiffs firm Pogust Goodhead has quietly closed its Sydney office.
ACMA to look at Sigtel’s investment in Optus network after Triple Zero failure
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ACMA has kicked off an investigation into a 13-hour Optus Triple Zero outage connected to three deaths in two states, promising to look at Singapore-based parent company’s Singtel’s investment in the company’s network and reporting systems.
EVP drags share sale parties into case against Strongroom AI
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Venture capital firm EVP has added 20 parties to a lawsuit seeking to recoup its $10.4 million investment in Strongroom AI, as a judge extended freezing orders against directors of the med-tech start-up.
Court finds Argentina validly served in suit to enforce $24.3B judgment
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Two minority shareholders in Argentina’s state-controlled oil company have won a dispute over service in their case seeking to enforce a $24.3 billion judgment awarded in a US court.
Optus alerted to triple zero outage hours before restoring service, CEO says
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Two Optus customers alerted the company to a triple zero outage , during which four people died, hours before the telecommunications provider restored the emergency service, CEO Stephen Rue has revealed.
Class action against Murray Darling Authority can tweak case mid-trial
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A class action alleging negligent management by the Murray Darling Basin Authority can amend their case four weeks into trial, with a judge finding the late application was not the result of a “deliberate forensic decision”.
ASIC head Joe Longo to depart at end of term
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Australian Securities and Investments Commission chair Joe Longo will hang up his badge after his term as head of the corporate cop ends in eight months.
Acciona lobs cross-claims in Hunter Valley bus crash class action
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Acciona is targeting engineers SMEC and Jacobs Group in cross-claims after being joined to a class action over a deadly bus accident in NSW’s Hunter Valley, as two more parties in the proceeding flag further cross-claims.
Cosmetic surgery class action doctors can’t cut accessorial liability claims
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Four doctors named in a class action over cosmetic surgeries performed at Daniel Lanzer’s clinic in Sydney can’t dodge claims they are liable as accessories for alleged misleading social media ads.