On day one of trial in ASIC’s case accusing ten Star executives of turning a blind eye to money laundering, the court heard about a blue esky bag full of cash and people hiding under blankets to avoid CCTV.
The former CFO of Star Entertainment has reached a settlement in ASIC’s case accusing ten executives of breaching their duties in relation to the casino operator’s lax money laundering compliance.
A judge has rejected a new pleading that would have upped the damages to $135 million in a case by a shareholder of failed energy company Armour Group alleging law firm Baker McKenzie was knowingly involved in a plan to take control of the company for cheap.
A shareholder and creditor of failed energy company Armour Group will have to front $3.5 million in security in its case against law firm Baker McKenzie and others ahead of an upcoming trial.
Hall & Wilcox has recruited a partner to lead the firm’s newly-established Commonwealth Freedom of Information, information release and privacy practice.
The United States has won an appeal in a Darwin-based soldier’s personal injury suit, with the Northern Territory Court of Appeal finidng the US has foreign state immunity from the claims.
UK law firm DWF has recruited nine insurance partners from Hall & Wilcox to power its growth in Australia.
A judge has found that Telstra did not violate disability discrimination laws when it put a hard-of-hearing Triple-0 operator on leave after she failed a hearing test.
Macpherson Kelley has recruited a property expert from Hall & Wilcox, as well as the former head of commercial litigation at SLF Lawyers and a tax lawyer from PCL Lawyers, in an expansion of its national team.
Vanguard Investments has been ordered to pay a penalty of almost $13 million for misleading the public about its $1 billion “ethically conscious” hedge fund.