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Former analyst pleads guilty to Big Un insider trading
A former Maple Brown Abbott analyst has pleaded guilty to insider trading and communicating inside information in relation to $1.6 million in shares of collapsed video company Big Un.
Geowash execs appeal loss in ACCC case
Two Geowash executives have appealed a ruling that found they were knowingly involved in the car wash franchisor's unconscionable conduct in its dealings with franchisees.
TAL refutes ASIC claims, stands by denial of coverage for cancer patient
Life insurer TAL has stood by its decision to deny coverage to a cancer patient, which landed it in hot with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, saying it would not have issued the policy had it known the patient saw a psychologist on several occasions.
De Belin says Nationwide News defamed him with ‘rapist’ allegations
Suspended rugby player Jack de Belin has hit the publisher of The Daily Telegraph with a defamation lawsuit over an article, cartoon and tweet that allegedly implied he was a "rapist" and a "despicable person".
No end in sight for epic Queensland floods class action
Dam operator Seqwater will appeal its loss in a long-running class action over the 2011 Queensland floods that destroyed over 2,000 homes, a move derided by the lawyer for the flood victims, who called for "an end to the injustice" her clients have suffered.
Wesfarmers says Target underpaid staff $9M
Wesfarmers has revealed staff at Target stores were underpaid $9 million, one day after Coles announced at least $20 million in underpayments.
Contingency fees bill a ‘handshake’ to Maurice Blackburn, Slater and Gordon, state MP says
A Victorian politician has slammed a bill that would allow lawyers running class actions in the state to charge contingency fees, calling the proposal a 'handshake' to the country's two largest plaintiffs law firms.
Liquidators want $6M from directors of failed Gold Coast asset manager
Two former directors of defunct Gold Coast asset manager Avestra are facing a lawsuit from the company's liquidators seeking to recover $6 million in alleged losses by three of the company's managed investment schemes.
Russells drops cross claim against axed solicitor
Russells Lawyers has withdrawn a cross claim against a restructuring and insolvency solicitor who filed a lawsuit alleging the firm tried to manufacture a reason for terminating his employment.
Clive Palmer wins some, loses some in ongoing feud with CITIC over Sino Iron mine
Clive Palmer and his company Mineralogy have survived a High Court challenge by Hong-Kong based CITIC to a ruling that put it on the hook for at least $224 million in unpaid royalties from producton at the Sino Iro mine, but a related $297 million suit by Palmer against the Chinese conglomerate has flopped.