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NAB hit with $15.5M penalty for mishandling financial hardship requests
Financial Services 2025-08-13 11:42 pm By Christine Caulfield

National Australia Bank and its home loan lender subsidiary have been ordered to pay a $15.5 million penalty after admitting to mishandling hundreds of customer hardship applications.

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New Aim appeals trade secrets loss over employee’s WeChat contacts
Appeals 2025-08-07 11:54 pm By Christine Caulfield

E-commerce merchandise importer New Aim is challenging the dismissal of its trade secrets case against a former employee, who gave the contact details of the company’s suppliers to a competitor after jumping ship.

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New Aim loses trade secrets case over employee’s WeChat contacts
Intellectual Property 2025-07-15 11:56 pm By Andy Sidler

A court has knocked back online merchandise importer New Aim’s trade secrets case against a former employee who gave the contact details of the company’s suppliers, stored on his personal phone, to a competitor after jumping ship. 

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iProsperity liquidators win OK for retainer to pursue $45M claim against Crown
Real Estate 2025-06-30 11:11 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Liquidators for iProsperity have been given the greenlight to enter into retainers with Norton Rose Fulbright to pursue claims against the defunct property group’s general manager and Crown Melbourne.

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Judge rejects bid to declass ‘junk’ insurance class action
Class Actions 2025-06-25 11:24 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has dismissed applications by mortgage broker Lendi Group and insurer ALI Group to declass a group proceeding over allegedly worthless mortgage insurance, saying it would be more efficient for the claims to advance as a class action. 

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‘All or nothing gamble’: Law firm slams Aussie Home Loans declassing bid
Insurance 2025-06-02 11:27 pm By Christine Caulfield

Mortgage broker Lendi Group and insurer ALI Group want a proceeding on behalf of tens of thousands of Aussie Home Loans customers to be stripped of class action status.

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Clorox hit with $8.25M penalty for greenwashing
Greenwashing 2025-04-14 1:48 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Clorox has been hit with a $8.25 million penalty for representing to consumers that certain GLAD garbage bags were sourced from plastic fished from the ocean.

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CIMIC class action funder takes $4.7M haircut from commission
Class Actions 2025-04-08 11:56 pm By Christine Caulfield

The litigation funder behind a class action against engineering firm CIMIC took a $4.7 million hit to its commission from a settlement after a dispute with the plaintiff’s law firm, according to a decision published Friday.

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High Court asked to overturn landmark tax ruling
Tax 2025-03-19 4:35 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Tax Office has asked the High Court to reverse a landmark ruling that found an unpaid present entitlement to a corporate beneficiary is not a loan under tax law, a decision that affects $50 billion in trust distributions.

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Evolution Mining stung with shareholder class action over gold mine forecasts
Class Actions 2025-01-16 11:53 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Gold mining company Evolution Mining is facing a shareholder class action for its alleged failure to disclose issues with the performance of its Canadian gold mine.

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