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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is taking a look at its program for granting leniency to cartel whistleblowers in the wake of changes that make it easier for the regulator to bring cartel cases over collusive conduct.
JP Morgan, the reported whistleblower behind a criminal cartel case against ANZ, Deutsche Bank and Citigroup over a $2.5 billion share placement, has won its bid to keep documents from a related ASIC probe confidential.
Defunct financial adviser Dover Financial is seeking evidence to bolster its argument that no clients were harmed by a liability waiver that's at the centre of a lawsuit by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission is considering whether a divestment offer by waste management company Bingo Industries will address concerns the regulator has raised about the company's proposed acquisition of Dial-a-Dump Industries.
Accounting firm Pitcher Partners has been ordered to pay more than $5.6 million in damages for fraudulently concealing an amortisation error that caused a well-known bus operator to face higher than expected costs in a NSW transport tender.
In a situation a judge has called "extraordinary and troubling", Deloitte's files on failed construction company Hastie -- sought as evidence by shareholders in a class action -- have vanished from the accounting giant's locked 'litigation room' and are now in the control of a single partner who refuses to return them.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has not ruled out a challenge to a ruling that two Westpac subsidiaries didn't provide personal financial advice as part of a campaign encouraging customers to roll over external superannuation accounts.
Unilever's allegations that consumer goods competitor Beiersdorf made misleading claims about its Nivea clinical strength deodorant products don't pass the smell test, a judge has found.
Employment relations company Employsure has been taken to court by the consumer watchdog for allegedly duping small businesses into signing long-term contracts after promising free workplace advice that appeared to be government affiliated.
Debt collector ACM Group has been hit with a $750,000 fine for engaging in unconscionable conduct by misleading, harassing and coercing two vulnerable customers while chasing unpaid debts.