The Transport Workers Union has lost its bid for a stay of a court order that it pay a $270,000 penalty for allegedly keeping almost 21,000 lapsed members on its register and failing to keep copies of records.
Australia’s corporate regulator has brought fraud charges against the former director of failed internet company Freenet, alleging he took money from the company and used false invoices to conceal the theft.
A judge has upheld a court referee’s dismissal of construction subcontractor Brighton Australia’s claim that global contractor Multiplex violated the Australian Consumer Law by making misrepresentations in a subcontract for construction work on the NAB flagship office building in the Melbourne’s Docklands neighborhood.
An IOOF shareholder mulling a class action against the financial services company over reports that it failed to inform ASIC about allegations of insider trading and front running by its employees has won court approval for preliminary discovery.
Viterra has failed in its third bid to access communications between Cargill Australia and its lawyers related to Cargill’s $420 million purchase of malt producer Joe White Maltings from Viterra in 2013.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has raised concerns that the proposed $2 billion acquisition of Sydney toll road WestConnex by toll road operator Transurban may stymie competition for toll road projects in Australia.
The Federal Court has ordered appliance and furniture leasing company Radio Rentals to pay a $2 million penalty for failing to verify consumers’ financial situations before signing them up for leases.
The Full Federal Court has slapped Japanese car parts maker Yazaki Corporation with a $46 million penalty for colluding with a competitor on prices for wire harnesses supplied to Toyota, handing a win to the ACCC which argued the original $9.5 million penalty handed down did not reflect the seriousness of the conduct.
The judge overseeing a Maurice Blackburn-led shareholder class action against Commonwealth Bank of Australia over allegedly lax anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing controls has struck out a portion of the statement of claim for “pleading deficiencies”.
A judge overseeing a defamation case brought by billionaire Meriton founder Harry Triguboff against Fairfax Media must decide whether an article about the property company that appeared in the Australian Financial Review can be reasonably said to be about Triguboff.