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Viterra is blaming several former employees for representations made about malt quality in the lead-up to the $420 million sale of its Joe White business to Cargill Australia in 2013.
A judge has denied a Westpac unit's bid to strike allegations that it knew about a $1.9 million Ponzi scheme from a class action alleging the bank aided the Ponzi schemer's illegal conduct.
The High Court has denied Prysmian Cavi E Sistemi's bid for special leave to appeal a $3.5 million fine for allegedly engaging in cartel conduct, a victory for the ACCC in its long-running case against the cable maker.
The corporate watchdog can't get its hands on documents detailing Westpac's disciplinary measures against rogue traders or communications between the employees ahead of a penalty hearing in a case that found the bank attempted to influence the Bank Bill Swap Rate.
Former Slater & Gordon auditor Pitcher Partners has been hit with a class action alleging it signed off on an overly rosy 2015 year-end financial report that failed to disclose risks and impairments the firm faced from its recent acquisition of UK firm Quindell.
The amicus hired to assess the funder's cut of a potentially record settlement in several class actions against S&P Global over toxic financial products has told the judge that if he's considering approving a funding equalisation order, he should “start with a blank piece of paper” in calculating a reasonable funder's commission.
The judge weighing a record settlement in multiple class actions against S&P Global over toxic financial products said Tuesday there was "no way" he would sign off on the deal while it stipulated that all funds be returned to the ratings agency in the event the settlement amount is disclosed.
The US securities regulator is reportedly looking into Facebook's disclosures to investors about the harvesting of user data by political research firm Cambridge Analytica, as the company faces the threat of a privacy class action in Australia over the data debacle.
Multiple class actions against troubled sandalwood oil producer Quintis will soon compete to stay alive after a court heard Tuesday the company would bring an application to stay or consolidate the cases.
IMF Bentham is considering funding a privacy class action against Facebook for allowing political research firm Cambridge Analytica to harvest information from the Facebook accounts of over 311,000 Australians.