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Toyota’s rogue communication with class action members comes under fire
Toyota's offer to fix customers' diesel filters has drawn criticism from a class action, which alleges it misled group members into believing a fix would have no bearing on damages they could be owed.
Group members to get half of $42.25M CIMIC class action settlement
Group members will receive no less than 50 per cent of a $42.25 million settlement reached in a shareholder class action against engineering firm CIMIC.
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Corrs steers complex $1B Stockland acquisition of 12 Lendlease communities
Corrs Chambers Westgrath helped get Stockland's complex $1.06 billion acquisition of a dozen masterplanned community from Lendlease over the line late last year.
Equatorial Launch says former CEO can’t call on $5M in convertible notes
Space company Equatorial Launch Australia, which is facing an unfair dismissal from its former CEO, has told a court that solvency issues mean the former executive cannot call on $5 million in convertible notes.
Non-bank lender Firstmac hit with $8M penalty for DDO breaches
The Federal Court has slapped non-bank lender Firstmac with an $8 million penalty, the second doled out in ASIC proceedings for violations of the new design and distribution obligations.
‘No flight risk’: ASIC can’t get travel ban on fund manager in probe over $35M
Rejecting an urgent travel ban bid by the corporate cop, a court has cleared Melbourne businessman Rashid Alshakshir to fly to Indonesia, saying the evidence did not show he was a flight risk.
Citing class action, VCAT rejects MP’s bid for hotel quarantine docs
A bid by Victorian Liberal MP David Davis for documents on the state's hotel quarantine program has largely failed, with a tribunal finding their release could prejudice an ongoing class action.
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Star to sell Sydney Event Centre for $60M
Troubled casino giant Start Entertainment has sold off its Sydney events venue to Foundation Theatres for what has been dubbed a fire sale price of $60 million. 
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Court won’t restrain work on Healesville Railway Line reconstruction
Residents of a property near the historic Healesville Railway Line have failed in their bid to halt works proceeding on weekends and out of hours, with a judge calling their complaints “oversensitive”.
Law Council backs targets to close workplace gender gap
Australia's peak legal body has come out in support of the Albanese government's gender equality targets bill, but called for guidance on what is a "reasonable excuse" for non-compliance.