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Barrister faces discipline after ‘gut-feeling’ prompts unfounded allegations against solicitor
Legal Ethics 2021-12-23 6:11 pm By Bianca Hrovat

A Sydney-based barrister engaged in professional misconduct for relying on his “gut feeling” to make baseless accusations of misconduct against the principal of a law […]

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ACCC staff training ‘inadequate’ during bank cartel probe, court hears
Financial Services 2021-12-10 3:57 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A senior ACCC officer has been grilled on whether staff training on criminal cartel investigations was “inadequate” while the competition regulator ran a cartel probe […]

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ACCC trying to ‘fit a square peg into a round hole’ with bank cartel case, court hears
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-12-03 4:59 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The ACCC has been accused of running a “experimental test case” that tries to fit the shares market within the scope of the Competition and […]

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Training college AIPE hit with record $153M penalty for ‘unconscionable’ enrolment system
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-12-03 1:04 pm By Miklos Bolza

Collapsed NSW training company Australian Institute of Professional Education has been slugged with a $153 million penalty, the highest ever fine in a consumer law […]

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‘Don’t panic’: JPMorgan boss tried to allay bank exec’s fears over shortfall, court told
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-12-02 9:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne

JPMorgan Australia chairman Rob Priestley told Citigroup and Deutsche Bank executives not to “panic” about picking up a shortfall in the sale of ANZ shares, […]

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ACCC pressured ASIC to drop investigation into JPMorgan, court hears
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-12-01 8:57 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A senior ACCC officer tried to dissuade ASIC from investigating alleged insider trading by JPMorgan because of fears it would “upset” the competition regulator’s criminal […]

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ACCC updated policies on witnesses after ‘flawed’ bank cartel probe, court hears
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-11-30 10:36 pm By Miklos Bolza

A senior ACCC officer was probed Tuesday on whether the competition regulator updated its guidelines for taking witness statements in July in response to criticism […]

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Google tells court consumer law doesn’t help users who don’t help themselves
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-11-29 9:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Google has hit back at the ACCC’s case accusing it of misleading users about a change to its privacy policy, saying laws against misleading and […]

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‘Gentle’ trading in ANZ shares an individual decision by banks, ex-JPMorgan boss says
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-11-16 6:27 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A former JPMorgan managing director has said the three investment banks at the centre of an alleged cartel made individual decisions to trade “gently” in […]

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Top JPMorgan execs to face stand before trial after late ACCC disclosure
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-11-10 2:07 pm By Christine Caulfield

JPMorgan bigwigs who are key witnesses for the prosecution in its cartel case over ANZ’s botched share placement in 2015 will be questioned by Citibank […]

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