Allens

The ACCC has opposed Insurance Australia Group's planned $1.35 billion acquisition of RAC Insurance of Western Australia, despite a five-year undertaking by IAG.

Westpac's former home lending business RAMS will pay $29.6 million to resolve a class action over the termination of agreements with franchisees.

Crown Resorts has taken its excess insurer to court after being denied coverage for part of a $72.5 million shareholder class action settlement not covered by its primary insurer. 

The co-owner of Pacific Werribee shopping centre's has defended an engineering expert's decision to stray from an agreed model in drafting a report for trial in a $356 million defects case, even as the court warns it may not get a "second bite of the cherry".

Defunct Westpac subsidiary RAMS Financial Group has agreed to settle a class action over the termination of franchise agreements.

A judge presiding over a decade-long class action over alleged defective Ford vehicles has raised concerns about the prospect of conflicting Full Federal Court judgments, as issues over damages continue.

Australian Super has agreed to pay a $30 million fine in ASIC proceedings over delays in processing almost 7,000 death benefit claims, but a judge has said he does not have enough information to approve the deal. 

Perth Airport will pay United Petroleum $8.7 million after the company built a larger petrol station on the basis of the airport's representations that the Qantas terminal would be relocated. 

Macquarie Asset Management has acquired half of Aware Super’s Victorian land registry stake, with law firm Allens advising the superannuation fund on the deal.

Industry standards group Meat & Livestock Australia can bring a cross-claim for indemnity against the Agricultural Business Research Institute while defending a case alleging it infringed a patent for inferring bovine gene traits.