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CBA can’t throw out ‘cuckoo-smurfing’ lawsuit
Financial Services 2021-11-10 12:28 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has failed in its bid to dismiss a case brought by customers who claim they were the victims of “cuckoo-smurfing” […]

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ACCC’s witness statement method ‘quite unfair’, says judge hearing cartel case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-11-05 9:45 pm By Christine Caulfield

The ACCC’s practice of successively refining witness statements without saving draft versions was “quite unfair”, says a judge overseeing the competition regulator’s criminal cartel case […]

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Ex-Tennis Australia president loses bid for $4.3M in indemnity costs against ASIC
ASIC 2021-11-05 9:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Former Tennis Australia president Steven Healy has lost his bid for $4.3 million in indemnity costs against ASIC over its failed case over the rights […]

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Court strikes out Mineralogy’s ‘wholly disproportionate’ defence amendments in dispute with CITIC
Energy & Natural Resources 2021-11-05 5:46 pm By Miklos Bolza

Hong Kong-based conglomerate CITIC has successfully struck out large portions of an amended defence by Mineralogy and its owner Clive Palmer in a dispute over […]

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ACCC let JPMorgan lawyers review witness statement in cartel probe, court told
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-11-04 10:42 pm By Christine Caulfield

Lawyers for JPMorgan went to the ACCC’s office to review a draft statement of the investment bank’s then managing director Jeffrey Herbert-Smith, an immunity witness […]

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Judge slams indictment in cartel case as ‘complete shemozzle’
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-11-03 3:41 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has declined to quash the indictment in a high-profile criminal case over a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement but sent prosecutors back to […]

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JPMorgan GC sat in on ACCC interviews despite involvement in alleged cartel, court hears
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-11-03 9:23 pm By Miklos Bolza

JPMorgan’s general counsel for Australia and New Zealand was allowed to sit in on witness interviews during an ACCC cartel investigation into ANZ’s $2.5 billion […]

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IVF provider Virtus’ confidentiality claims ‘border on ridiculous’, judge says
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-11-03 9:02 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has rejected part of IVF provider Virtus Health’s bid for redactions in a recent decision from the court temporarily blocking the company from […]

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Fees for no service class action must clarify ‘serious allegations’ against AMP
Class Actions 2021-11-02 4:27 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has ordered a class action against AMP to provide more detail in its case accusing the financial services firm of failing to disclose […]

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Thomson Geer to give all staff 10% pay rise
Business of Law 2021-11-01 1:21 pm By Miklos Bolza

Thomson Geer is giving all staff a 10 per cent pay bump, less than a week after Big Six law firm Gilbert + Tobin announced […]

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