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Senator blasts ASIC for failing to investigate ‘catastrophic’ Nuix float
Labor Senator Deborah O'Neill has taken a swing at ASIC commissioner and former Macquarie general counsel Cathie Armour for failing to act on concerns raised prior to the $2.9 billion IPO of embattled technology company Nuix, which led to a $580 million payday for shareholder Macquarie.
Liquidators of S&P class action plaintiff win strikeout bid in spat over funder’s agreements
A judge has gutted a defence and counterclaim filed by the biggest unitholder in investment fund Vale in a battle with a litigation funder and liquidators over agreements to join two class actions against S&P Capital, a fight that threatened to hold up one of the class actions.
Tyro faces second class action investigation over terminal outage
Payments provider Tyro is facing two potential class actions over a days-long terminal outage that left many businesses unable to accept payments, the first of which is expected to be filed "imminently".
Climate change class actions likely as court finds duty of care owed to children
Class actions are the next battleground following Thursday's Federal Court ruling that the government owes a duty of care to protect children from the risks of climate change, according to a number of legal experts.
Arasor class action plaintiff revives claim that it’s owed $1.2M under side deal with funder
One of the lead applicants in a settled shareholder class action against technology company Arasor wants to set aside a statutory demand from funder International Litigation Partners, reviving a years-long beef over $1.2 million allegedly owed in personal expenses under a side agreement agreement with the funder.
Grant Thornton can bring cross-claim against Forge Group
Grant Thornton has won approval to a bring a cross-claim against Forge Group, just three months ahead of trial in the collapsed engineering company's case against the accounting firm and ten former directors for their alleged negligence in relation to its "uneconomic" purchase of CTEC in 2012.
Nuix class action investigation targets Macquarie, PwC
Commercial and class action firm Banton Group is investigating a shareholder class action against embattled technology company Nuix in relation to its pre-IPO disclosures which could also ensnare shareholder Macquarie and its executives, auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers and the joint lead managers on its float.
‘Just tell us what we did wrong’: KPMG to get more details in Arrium class action
A judge has ordered the applicant in a shareholder class action against former Arrium directors and KPMG over allegedly misleading statements made ahead of Arrium’s $754 million capital raising in 2014 to explain how the amount by which the mining company’s assets were allegedly overvalued was calculated.
Forge directors fail to explain need for multiple law firms in liquidators’ case, judge says
A judge has slashed security for costs sought in a case brought by the liquidators of engineering and construction company Forge Group after the former directors targeted in the action failed to explain why they had retained multiple law firms.
Judge rejects government’s attempt to limit liability in Murray Darling class action
A judge has found the Commonwealth and Murray Darling Basin Authority are not "public authorities", striking out large portions of their defence in a class action brought by farmers alleging negligent oversight of water management in the critical Australian river system.