Pointing to a pattern of non-compliance with his orders, a judge hearing a shareholder class action over the collapse of mining company Cudeco has expressed concerns about “significant” delays in the case.
A judge has ordered Australian Unity to pay a $7.1 million penalty in ASIC proceedings alleging it pumped more than $9.5 million into a risky mortgage scheme without properly vetting investors.
Binance has agreed to a $10 million penalty in ASIC’s case alleging the defunct crypto firm misclassified retail customers as eligible to invest in risky derivatives, but a judge wants more details before approving the deal.
A judge has approved a $110 million settlement in a class action against BHP over the collapse of a tailings dam, and has OK’d fees and commission reducing the sum by 50 per cent, despite concerns the costs were excessive.
A judge on Tuesday penalised Google $55 million for anti-competitive deals requiring Telstra and Optus to pre-install its search engine on Android devices, but has questioned why action wasn’t taken against the telcos.
Biotech Regeneron and drug company Bayer have resolved their appeal of a ruling that allowed generic pharmaceutical manufacturer Sandoz to launch a version of top selling macular degeneration drug Eylea.
ASIC has secured an interim injunction against financial adviser Ferras Merhi, whose network of advisers is accused of leading thousands of clients to invest $526 million into two failed funds.
ASIC wants an injunction against a financial adviser whose “honey pot” marketing allegedly led to 6,000 clients pumping over $520 million into the collapsed Shield and First Guardian funds.
The sacked CFO of Aaron Sansoni Group International who allegedly took control of the company’s domain names and the business name of its eponymous founder has been convicted of contempt and hit with freezing orders.
Developer Robert Filippini is appealing a ruling that granted the liquidators for Keystone Asset Management’s expanded freezing orders of up to $158 million in assets as well as two family trusts and four luxury cars.