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Criminal cartel case dropped against ANZ, group treasurer over $2.5B share placement
In a major blow to the competition regulator’s high-profile price-fixing case over ANZ’s $2.5 billion capital raising, prosecutors have dropped all charges against the bank and its group treasurer, Rick Moscati.
Class action silks thank court for OKing in-person trial that didn’t happen
A settlement in the class action against Crown Resorts put paid to an in-person trial before it began, but gathering in court on Friday to notify the presiding judge of the happy outcome was enough to remind the Victorian litigators what they had missed over the past 18 months.
Qantas COVID-19 mask mandate ‘lawful and reasonable’: FWC
The Fair Work Commission has ruled that a mask mandate issued by Qantas as part of its Fly Well program in response to the COVID-19 pandemic was "lawful and reasonable" as it tossed an unfair dismissal case brought by a former flight attendant.
Barristers ‘deeply concerned’ about Andrews’ COVID-19 pandemic legislation
Thirteen Victorian silks have expressed "deep concern" over a bill proposed by the Andrews government giving the health minister power to make “pandemic orders”.
Criminal case against NAB over casual employee entitlements should take priority, court told
The criminal case brought by Victoria's new employment watchdog against the NAB should take precedence over the bank's case, which challenges the Wage Inspectorate's interpretation of the Fair Work Act and has now dragged NSW into the fray, a court has heard.
Crown pays $125M to settle class action over Chinese gambling disclosures
Crown Resorts has reached a $125 million settlement in a shareholder class action, avoiding a six-week trial scheduled to begin on Monday.
iSignthis’ John Karantzis accuses ATO of misleading court in asset freeze bid
iSignthis CEO John Karantzis claims the ATO misled the court when it sought a freezing order over his assets in a dispute over an alleged $10.7 million tax debt, saying the tax office failed to give the judge “material” information.
FWC deputy president who railed against ‘medical apartheid’ barred from workplace vaccine disputes
A Fair Work Commission deputy president who warned against "a system of medical apartheid and segregation" in a decision on a workplace vaccine challenge has disqualified herself from hearing any future workplace vaccination disputes and been excluded from Full Bench work.
ACCC raises competition concerns over tie-up of container equipment suppliers
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has flagged preliminary competition concerns about a proposed merger of two of the largest suppliers of mobile container handling equipment, saying the tie-up could leave customers without a proven alternative supplier at shipping terminals.
Rate-rigging class action pleadings OK’d, more than two years after case filed
A judge has given the green light to amended pleadings in a class action accusing major banks of entering a cartel agreement to rig foreign exchange rates, bringing a two-year fight over the pleadings closer to resolution.