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Penalty in ASIC case against TerraCom to wait until directors’ hearing
ASIC 2025-06-02 10:48 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Penalty proceedings in ASIC’s case against coal producer TerraCom have been put on ice until the regulator’s suit against the company’s directors goes to trial. 

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TerraCom to pay $7.5M to settle ASIC’s whistleblower suit
ASIC 2025-05-27 11:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Coal producer TerraCom has agreed to pay $7.5 million to resolve ASIC proceedings alleging it made misleading statement to the market that damaged a whistleblower’s reputation. 

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TerraCom directors to claim penalty privilege in novel ASIC case
ASIC 2025-02-18 2:14 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Four directors of coal producer TerraCom have flagged they will not show their hand in the corporate regulator’s first-ever case alleging breaches of whistleblower protections.

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Nuix failed to disclose disappointing results after $1.8B float, court told
Trials 2023-11-20 9:25 pm By Sam Matthews

Nuix had information in January 2021 which undermined the growth story presented to the market in the prospectus for its IPO, a court has heard on the first day of ASIC’s case against the tech company and a handful of former directors.

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ASIC flags penalty privilege fight with Nuix directors
ASIC 2023-09-06 10:12 pm By Sam Matthews

As it readies its civil penalty suit against tech company Nuix for trial, ASIC has flagged a possible dispute about the extent of penalty privilege pleaded by a handful of former and current directors named in the case.

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Nuix says it didn’t have to disclose $17M post-IPO shortfall to investors
Securities 2023-01-11 10:15 pm By Sam Matthews

Hitting back at ASIC’s claims it misled investors and breached disclosure rules, technology company Nuix says it had no knowledge it was failing to meet its FY21 forecast and didn’t need to disclose to investors draft documents showing missed internal targets.

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‘ASX Wolf’ trader’s Instagram account was unlicensed financial services biz, court rules
Financial Services 2022-12-20 4:51 pm By Sam Matthews

Gold Coast ‘finfluencer’ Tyson Scholz provided illegal financial services by giving tips on his Instagram account and to customers who paid for access to his seminars and ‘Black Wolf Pit’ chat room, a judge has found.

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Judge throws out ASIC evidence on tweets in ASX Wolf Trader’s case
ASIC 2022-10-05 4:48 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The self-declared “wolf trader” of the Gold Coast, Tyson Scholz, has won his bid to exclude ASIC’s evidence about the meaning of his tweets in its case accusing him of providing unlicensed financial services.

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In loss for TerraCom, Full Court finds ASIC can view PwC report
Appeals 2022-09-07 12:57 pm By Sam Matthews

Coal mining firm TerraCom has lost its Full Court bid to shield a PricewaterhouseCoopers report from ASIC, on appeal from a judgment which found the regulator could view the report because of public statements made by the company.

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‘Where are our rights?’: ASIC wants to be heard in privilege row over PwC report
Energy & Natural Resources 2022-06-27 2:57 pm By Sam Matthews

ASIC has renewed its bid to see a PricewaterhouseCoopers report commissioned by TerraCom in order to defend the coal mining company’s appeal of a judgment that found the regulator could view the report because of public statements made by the company.

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