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Unvaxxed nurses drop lawsuit against Monash Health
A group of nurses have dropped their lawsuit against Monash Health alleging the hospital provider threatened to take adverse action against them for failing to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Charges dropped in landmark criminal cartel case over $2.5B ANZ share placement
In a stunning reversal, the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecution has dropped all criminal cartel charges against two investment banks and four individuals in relation to a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement, four years after the charges were brought following an allegedly questionable investigation by the ACCC.
PE Capital ordered into liquidation after running unregistered investment schemes
A court has ordered the winding up of investment manager PE Capital Funds Management, whose responsible entity Endeavour Securities has connections to collapsed financial services company Linchpin Capital.
Settlement talks advance in bungled lease case against Macpherson Kelley
Macpherson Kelley will head to an eleventh-hour mediation in a negligence case over the execution of a 10-year service station lease agreement with Shell, after the court heard settlement talks were well progressed.
ASIC drops investigation into Nuix’s IPO disclosures
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has dropped its investigation into Nuix’s financial statements in the lead-up to its 2020 public float, but will continue to probe the troubled tech company's statements in the period since the initial public offering.
Judge has change of heart, will hold settlement hearing in Romeo’s class actions
A Federal Court judge has reconsidered her plan to dispense with a hearing to weigh a $1.55 million settlement of two class actions that allege supermarket chain Romeo's underpaid hundreds of workers at stores in NSW and South Australia.
AMP hopeful of settlement in $35.5M poaching dispute
AMP has expressed optimism that it will be able to reach a settlement with DST Bluedoor in a $35.5 million lawsuit accusing it of poaching 11 DST employees after licensing the software company's online platform.
Bristol-Myers Squibb to open up cancer treatment program to settle Merck Sharpe & Dohme lawsuit
Bristol-Myers Squibb has agreed to open up its subsidised treatment program for stage IV melanoma patients to individuals who have been treated with drugs made by its competitors to settle a misuse of market power lawsuit brought by rival Merck Sharpe & Dohme.
Forum Finance director can’t block receivers from selling waterfront homes
Forum Finance director Vince Tesoriero has lost a battle to stop receivers from selling luxury properties in which he and Bill Papas hold a stake pending the outcome of Westpac's fraud case against him.
‘The bar has been raised’: Westpac sacking over work drinks touching upheld
The Fair Work Commission has upheld the dismissal of a long-serving Westpac manager who touched a colleague "in an intimate manner" at an after-work drinks, warning that such behaviour will be judged against higher standards than in the past.