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With class actions likely, Westpac gives share purchasers a way out
Embattled banking giant Westpac may be seeking to limit its potential liability in any shareholder class actions it may face in the wake of AUSTRAC's lawsuit alleging 23 million breaches of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws, with the bank offering to refund some of those that purchased shares as part of a $2.5 billion capital raising.
Judgment day in $1B Queensland floods class action
Eight years after floods in Southeast Queensland destroyed more than 2,000 homes, a judge will deliver his ruling in two class actions seeking a record $1 billion in damages, and the decision could well come down to which of two conflicting flood modeling reports the judge sides with.
Bellamy’s to pay $49.7M to settle shareholder class actions
Infant food maker Bellamy's has agreed to pay $49.7 million to settle two shareholder class actions alleging the company misled investors in 2016 about its China growth strategy and declining infant formula market share in Australia.
Dentons defends Afterpay money laundering advice
Dentons is standing by the legal advice it gave to Afterpay regarding its compliance with anti-money laundering laws, after an independent auditor found the buy now, pay later company received "incorrect" advice from top-tier Australian law firms.
Top tier law firms gave Afterpay bad advice on anti-money laundering compliance, auditor says
Buy now, pay later giant Afterpay got bad legal advice from "top tier Australian law firms" on its anti-money laundering compliance, an auditor's report has found.
Federal Court backs IP Australia’s rejection of computer-implemented invention
The Federal Court has again sided with with the Commissioner of Patents in a challenge to a ruling that found two patents for a computer-implemented invention were not a manner of manufacture.
‘Orwellian doublespeak’: Judge lashes Dover Financial’s client protection policy
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has won its case against defunct financial advisor Dover Financial and its former director, who famously collapsed during the banking royal commission, with a judge saying the company engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct through its inaptly titled ‘client protection policy’.
‘The well has run dry’: Judge shoots down class action bid for internal Ford reports
The judge overseeing a class action against car maker Ford over its allegedly defective PowerShift transmission has shot down the applicant's request for additional discovery, saying that after multiple delays in the case "the well has run dry".
ANZ, Westpac to face class actions over ‘junk’ insurance
Slater and Gordon is planning class actions against ANZ and Westpac over allegedly worthless insurance, fresh off of winning a $49.5 million settlement in a junk insurance class action against the National Australia Bank.
160-year-old IP boutique Watermark to hang up its hat
IP boutique Griffith Hack will soon have around 80 practicing lawyers when it absorbs Australia's oldest specialist intellectual property firm Watermark next year.