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a2 Milk faces new shareholder class action investigation
The a2 Milk Company is facing the prospect of a second shareholder class action over its 2021 financial guidance and subsequent downgrades following Slater & Gordon's case earlier this month. 
Former CoCo Joy boss charged with running company while disqualified
The former CEO of failed coconut water venture CoCo Joy, which once sponsored the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles NRL team, faces charges he managed the company while disqualified due to bankruptcy.
Woolworths to pay further $50M to staff as underpayments class action settles
Supermarket giant Woolworths will pay an additional $50 million to current and former salaried team members and has provisionally settled an underpayments class action against it.
a2 Milk to fight shareholder class action
Dairy company a2 Milk has denied liability to shareholders in a class action over its 2021 financial year guidance that preceded four earnings downgrades.
a2 Milk hit with shareholder class action over earnings downgrades
Slater & Gordon has filed a shareholder class action against the a2 Milk company over its 2021 financial year guidance, and four subsequent earnings downgrades.
a2 Milk settles trade mark spat with Open Country
The a2 Milk Company has reached a settlement in its fight against New Zealand-based Open Country's trade mark containing the jealously guarded 'a2', with the rival dairy supplier dropping its successful application to register the mark.
Judge won’t let two class actions against Freedom Foods, Deloitte run in parallel
A judge has rejected an application by the plaintiffs in two class actions against Freedom Foods and Deloitte to run their cases side-by-side, but said she would have granted a bid to consolidate the proceedings had that been sought.
ATO wins info on 1,500 tax docs, teeing up potential privilege battle with CUB
Iconic Australian beer manufacturer Carlton & United Breweries has lost an appeal seeking to shield information about 1,500 allegedly privileged documents from the Australian Taxation Office.
Woolworths says $330M underpayments remediation should scuttle FWO’s case
Supermarket giant Woolworths has denied the Fair Work Ombudsman is entitled to seek compensation for its underpayment of staff, saying its $330 million remediation to affected employees fully answers the regulator's case.
MIS regime poses ‘real risk’ to consolidating Freedom Foods class actions, court told
Recent changes to the law requiring funded class actions to be registered as managed investment schemes have complicated the question of how best to resolve the multiplicity issue in two class actions brought against Freedom Foods and Deloitte.