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The CDPP has dropped insider trading charges against the CFO of defunct video producer Big Un, after a hung jury couldn't reach a decision on the charges following a five-week trial.
A senator has slammed companies for abusing legal professional privilege, after hearing that KPMG has refused to hand over documents in an ASIC investigation into misuse of client information by KPMG auditors.
ASIC is investigating Corporate Travel Management and its auditor PwC, after the travel management company said it would reverse $220 million in revenue after a review found it had overcharged customers.
Auditor BDO has asked the court to stay ASX-listed software company Dubber’s negligence suit over $26.6 million in alleged missing funds while a parallel case by ASIC over alleged false and misleading financial reports is on foot.
Star's former group general counsel has told a judge she should not have to pay a $1.1 million fine for breaching her directors duties because she has suffered “extra-curial detriment” that includes unemployment.
An ASX statement from budget airline Rex that was optimistic about its 2023 profit prospects should have been corrected by April, ASIC has told a judge, disputing claims that the statement was not a forecast but merely an expression of what the board hoped for.
ASIC is seeking a $1.3 million fine against Star’s former CEO Matthias Bekier and a $1.1 million fine against ex-general counsel Paula Martin for breaching their duties by failing to warn the casino operator's board about money laundering risks.
Westpac has been hit with a $26 million penalty -- just shy of the $30 million sought by ASIC -- for failing to respond to online hardship applications on time on 277 occasions, in conduct described as “grossly negligent”.
An appeals court has shaved nine months off ex-investment banker Rodney Forrest's prison sentence for insider trading, after he accessed confidential information from the computer of Platinum Asset Management's chairman about a takeover offer.
ASIC is appealing the dismissal of its case against software company Nuix over representations in a prospectus for its $1.7 billion float, saying it was concerned the court got it wrong.