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A judge has approved a "disappointing" $25 million settlement in long-running class action litigation over the collapse of electronics retailer Dick Smith with claims worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Business consultancy Hendry Group has told a court there was "no possible causal connection" between sex discrimination complaints brought by a former CEO and her suspension, saying that the company showed her the door because of "genuine and serious concerns" about her conduct.
ASIC has fired back at iSignthis' defence to the regulator's claims that it violated the Corporations Act by not disclosing $3 million in one-off revenue related to integration agreements, saying it was not the job of its compliance officials to school the fintech on its disclosure obligations.
ANZ will fight to keep a sacked trader from accessing a client file held by HWL Ebsworth, citing privilege over the documents, a court has heard.
Law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has attacked a lawsuit brought by a group of lenders against collapsed steel giant Arrium, rejecting claims that $430 million in loans was borrowed under misleading or deceptive representations.
Fintech company iSignthis has struck back at allegations by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission that it breached its continuous disclosure obligations by failing to inform shareholders that Visa was ending its relationship, saying the disclosure would not have affected its share price.
The former group treasurer of collapsed steel giant Arrium has hit back at claims brought by the company's liquidators that it was trading while insolvent, arguing the case had been 'infected' by evidence from an expert who was also a plaintiff in the case.
Doomed iron and steel giant Arrium attempted to stave off its inevitable $2.8 billion collapse and put off negotiating with its lenders until the last minute despite warnings from its legal and financial advisors, liquidators for the company told the court.
Directors of steel producer Arrium continued to borrow money from "vulnerable" lenders in the months prior to the company's $2.8 billion collapse and "bled cash" despite the inevitable end, a number of lenders have said on the first day of a 40-day trial in the NSW Supreme Court.
A judge has refused to disqualify herself from hearing a complex medical negligence lawsuit after she described an expert conclave as a "car crash", citing concerns over a psychiatrist giving opinions about liability in a surgical setting.