Clayton Utz has boosted the expertise in its risk advisory practice, hiring a trio of lawyers from CBA and A&O Shearman.
Big Four bank NAB has paid $751,200 for inaccurate credit data disclosures under the Consumer Data Right rules, the largest penalty to date for breaches of the regulations.
With three months until trial, a judge has knocked back a former ANZ trader’s bid to appeal a decision which barred him from amending his case for what would have been the thirteenth time.
Gambling company Tabcorp has been fined $4 million or sending over 5,700 messages to VIP customers that failed to comply with spam laws.
Danish renewables company European Energy has closed a $130 million financing package for two solar projects in Victoria and NSW.
Optus has agreed to pay a $100 million penalty in a case brought by the ACCC, admitting the watchdog’s allegations that staff pressured customers into buying phones they couldn’t afford.
A judge has rejected GM’s “back door” bid for indemnity costs from the lead applicant in a failed class action over its decision to retire the Holden brand because each group member had rejected a settlement offer before the case commenced.
Professional services giant KPMG has reached a settlement in a shareholder class action over the failure of mining company Cudeco.
An activist group has launched a legal challenge to Woodside’s proposed North West Shelf gas venture extension to 2070, seeking judicial review of Western Australia’s approval decision.
NAB has agreed to pay a $15.5 million penalty for failing to respond to customer hardship notices, around half the size of the penalty ASIC is seeking against Westpac for similar breaches of the Credit Code.