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Maurice Blackburn employment head appointed race discrimination commissioner
Maurice Blackburn’s head of employment law in Queensland, Giri Sivaraman, has been appointed as the next race discrimination commissioner, commencing his five year stint in March. 
Lawsuit accuses PwC of denying ex-partner retirement payments over leaks crisis
A former PricewaterhouseCoopers partner has sued the firm for denying him retirement payments for moving to alleged competitor DLA Piper and for his alleged involvement in the firm’s tax leaks crisis.
Cattle exporter Wellard settles shareholder class action for $23M
A shareholder class action against livestock exporter Wellard over a profit downgrade following its $300 million initial public offering in 2015 has settled for $23 million. 
‘Merger parties must make their case’, ACCC says in push for merger overhaul
Australia's merger review regime is "outdated" and in need of an overhaul, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, which says companies must explain why their acquisitions should get the all-clear.
SkyCity settles with AUSTRAC, puts aside $73M for penalty
SkyCity has reached an agreement with AUSTRAC in proceedings alleging it allowed $4 billion in suspicious transactions, setting aside $73 million to cover penalty and costs.
Boral shareholders can run ‘novel’ case on loss in disclosure class action
Construction giant Boral has lost its bid to block a class action from running a 'novel' argument that shareholders suffered loss because of natural fluctuations in share price, rather than as a direct result of alleged continuous disclosure breaches. 
Rio Tinto shielded by war sanctions from wrath of Russian aluminium producer
Russia’s largest aluminium producer UC Rusal has lost a breach of contract lawsuit brought against six Rio Tinto companies after they refused to deliver alumina under a joint venture agreement on the basis that doing so would cause them to run afoul of export sanctions imposed after Russia invaded Ukraine.
‘Nothing that I can do’: Judge reluctantly imposes $1.8M penalty on Westpac in Ausgrid case
A judge has reluctantly hit Westpac with a $1.8 million penalty after the bank admitted to unconscionable conduct when trading on the morning of a $16 billion deal to privatise electricity provider Ausgrid, saying it was the maximum fine allowed under the relevant law.
New owners of Nature’s Care face Wu family’s ‘nasty surprise’
The current owners of vitamin giant Nature’s Care have won an urgent injunction against the company's founding family, after a judge said it appeared they were trying to regain control of the corporate group.
‘Turning around the Titanic’: Telstra fights bid to halt switch to new contractor
Telstra will oppose a bid by former contractor Kingfisher Mobile to bar the telco from migrating customers to a new mobile services provider, saying that undoing the move would be like “turning around the Titanic”.