Investors in collapsed stockbroker Halifax Investment Services have failed to overturn decisions in Australia and New Zealand relating to the date of realisation of their investments which have decreased the amount they can recover in the company’s liquidation.
A court has shut down Facebook’s renewed push to cut off Melbourne-based content strategists Sked Social from posting on Instagram on behalf of its clients, with a judge saying the social media giant’s justification for varying the injunction order was “flimsy and possibly strategic”.
ASIC has flagged it may take regulatory action against super fund executives and directors for switching personal investment options using insider information.
A former Morgan Stanley financial adviser has launched a lawsuit against the investment banking giant, alleging its negligence led to psychological strain so severe it rendered her permanently unfit for her job.
Construction equipment giant Caterpillar has accused a former employee of flagrantly copying “many thousands” of confidential files before moving to a rival.
MinterEllison and Crown Resort’s internal lawyers were partially at fault for misconduct unearthed in a damning Royal Commission report into the casino operator because they failed to ask whether certain actions were moral as well as legal, the commissioner has found.
A class action has been filed alleging the Morrison government has a novel duty of care to protect Torres Strait Islanders from the devastating effects of climate change.
BlueScope Steel general manager Jason Ellis was not an honest witness and did not express genuine regret when he apologised for obstructing an ACCC investigation, a court hearing the regulator’s price-fixing case was told Tuesday.
The National Australia Bank is seeking an urgent declaration regarding the interpretation of the Fair Work Act, four days after the Wage Inspectorate of Victoria accused it of failing to pay former employees their long service leave entitlements.
Eastern Health and the Royal Women’s Hospital have become the latest hospital operators to be stung with a class action alleging they failed to pay junior doctors for unrostered work hours.