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Trial in a defamation suit by Mayfair 101 founder James Mawhinney over a media release issued by ASIC has been pushed off until the outcome of the regulator's second go against the investment spruiker.
An IP Australia has knocked back PayPal’s bid to patent an AI-powered model for making purchase or donation recommendations to online shoppers at checkout, rejecting simplistic considerations of AI-related inventions.
Charges have been laid against two financial services companies associated with investment promoter David Henty Sutton, who was slapped with a lifetime ban by the corporate regulator this year.
Former Dixon Advisory director Paul Ryan will ask the court for a suppression order protecting advice by a Big Six firm, as he defends ASIC’s claim that he failed to consider creditors when executing a deed that affected the company's ability to recoup a $19 million debt.
Twenty-four former clients of Melissa Caddick who were defrauded out $24.5 million have filed a class action against the auditors of the self-managed superannuation funds they used to invest their retirement savings with the Sydney fraudster.
A judge has blocked ASIC from running a new case seeking penalties against investment group M101 Nominees and founder James Mawhinney on remittal from the Full Court, after the regulator admitted it made errors at its initial trial.
A judge overseeing a class action against NAB has ordered group members to be sent an unusual notice stating that the case has been run in a “wholly unsatisfactory manner” and said he will consider dismissing the action if it continues in the same vein.
A judge has granted wealth manager Ord Minnett’s bid for injunctions preventing a former senior wealth adviser from soliciting its clients.
A judge has dismissed court proceedings brought by the corporate regulator against superannuation trustee Diversa over its alleged failure to oversee a now-banned financial adviser, ruling that the knowledge of downstream entities could not be attributed to Diversa.
Contracts for difference are again the target of a potential class action against an online broker on behalf of inexperienced investors who allegedly lost hundreds of millions of dollars.