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A senate committee has recommended that rules requiring that lawyers comply with anti-money laundering obligations should not apply to barristers acting on instructions from solicitors.
A judge has raised concerns about delays in paying three former Qantas baggage handlers compensation after an appeals court agreed they were illegally sacked and replaced with contractors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A concurrent group proceeding in Hong Kong could complicate an Australian class action against Perth-based forex trader Best Leader Markets Pty Ltd.
A former director of investment firm Keystone, who is suspected by the corporate regulator of misusing millions in investor funds, has flagged a potential bid to keep his silence in a case by court-appointed receivers.
Coles and Woolworths have been hit with class actions on the back of ACCC proceedings alleging the grocery giants misled consumers with false discounts.
In the second test of the new design and distribution obligations under the Corporations Act, ASIC is seeking a $20 million penalty against the provider of the Kraken crypto exchange.
The law firm running a class action against Exactech over allegedly faulty joint implants is facing the "impossible task" of settling the case by January, the "drop dead" deadline for resolving the claim under its US parent company's restructuring.
The corporate regulator has outlined its enforcement priorities for next year, and top of the hit list will be businesses that exploit cost of living pressures.
ASIC has attacked an appeal argument by payday lenders BSF Solutions and Cigno that athough they offered short-term loans, the fees they charged had no link to the credit services.
A judge has found that Telstra did not violate disability discrimination laws when it put a hard-of-hearing Triple-0 operator on leave after she failed a hearing test.