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ASIC can use PwC partner’s evidence in case against Rio Tinto
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has won its bid to use evidence from US proceedings in its case against Rio Tinto alleging the mining giant misled shareholders about a Mozambique mining company purchased for US$4.2 billion.
‘State of warfare’: Ashurst partner in legal deadlock with ex-judge neighbour in long-running Point Piper dispute
A judge has urged a partner at Big Six firm Ashurst not to "keep a fight going just because you can’t let it go", after the lawyer tried to challenge a court ruling over a long-running building dispute with his neighbour, a former Family Court judge, in the exclusive Sydney suburb of Point Piper.
ACCC flags concerns about Resource Management Service timber sale
The Australian Competition and Consumer Committee has flagged preliminary competition concerns and called for public submissions on a proposed sale by US-based timberland investment manager Resource Management Service of its Tasmanian assets.
Yes whey: ACCC signs off on Saputo-Lion dairy acquisition
The competition watchdog has given Canadian dairy producer Saputo the green light to acquire Australian competitor Lion Dairy’s cheese processing plants, but has warned any further consolidation in the Tasmanian dairy sector would cause significant concern.
Farooq Khan’s Bentley Capital sues Keybridge in latest bid to oust Nicholas Bolton as CEO
Perth-based Farooq Khan has taken his bitter dispute with activist investor Nicholas Bolton to court, suing Keybridge Capital and two of its four directors ahead of a general shareholder meeting next month.
Businessman Charif Kazal gets last chance to fix ‘incomprehensible’ case against Gilbert + Tobin
A judge has given Sydney businessman Charif Kazal a third and final opportunity to replead his “simply incomprehensible” case against Gilbert + Tobin over the law firm's involvement in a business dispute concerning a lucrative waste facility, despite saying it took “an entire week to understand the arcane obscurities” of the pleading.
‘We want to send a message to the courts’: ACCC’s Sims flags importance of potential competition in merger review
The ACCC's recommended changes to the merger review framework that would require regulators to weigh whether a proposed acquisiton involved a potential competitor was a message to judges to rethink how they approached merger cases, the head of the watchdog said Monday.
After questioning funder’s cut, judge quietly approves KPMG class action settlement scheme
A judge has quietly given his seal of approval to a settlement distribution scheme in a class action against KPMG, after raising questions about Piper Alderman's legal bill and the litigation funder's "arguably excessive" cut of the confidential settlement.
Thorn looks to raise $38.7M to cover class action settlement
Thorn Group is seeking to raise $38.7 million to cover its share of a $29 million settlement in a consumer class action alleging its Radio Rentals unit pushed misleading 'Rent, Try, $1 Buy' leases onto vulnerable customers.
‘Powerful and influential’ media cos. don’t need ACCC hand-holding, Facebook says
Facebook has come out against some of the competition watchdog's recommendations in its final digital inquiry report and warned against the risk of pandering to powerful Australian media companies with regulation aimed at reining in rivals.