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ANZ faces shareholder litigation over climate risk management
ANZ is facing proceedings by a shareholder who wants the bank to turn over documents related to its risk management systems in response to concerns it is increasing loans to fossil fuel companies and failing to properly address climate change risks.
FleetPartners hit with shareholder class action
Fleet management company FleetPartners has been stung with a shareholder class action over a revised 2019 earnings guidance that doomed its planned merger with McMillan Shakespeare.
BHP shareholders from secondary platforms not part of class action, court says
BHP has won its argument that shareholders who did not purchase their stock while trading on one of the three exchanges on which the mining giant is listed are excluded from a securities class action over the collapse of a Brazil tailings dam.
Consultation begins on 2-year review of continuous disclosure reforms
The government is seeking submissions for a review of widely criticised Morrison-era reforms that weakened continuous disclosure obligations, but the review may be hampered by the lack of case studies from the courts.
Group members to get $5.7M from ‘disappointing’ Deloitte class action settlement
A judge has signed off on a $18.5 million settlement in a six-year-old shareholder class action against Deloitte over its audits of collapsed construction group Hastie, saying the amount might be "disappointing" to group members but reflected the risks of going to trial.
BHP says investors from secondary platforms can’t be in class action
BHP has argued that investors who bought shares through secondary platforms are excluded from a long-running shareholder class action over a failed Brazilian dam, a claim slammed as an "unduly narrow reading" of the case.
ANZ breached continuous disclosure rules during $2.5B share placement, court finds
A judge has found that ANZ breached continuous disclosure rules by failing to disclose a $750 million bailout by underwriters Deutsche Bank, Citigroup and JP Morgan during its $2.5 billion equity capital raising in August 2015.
Bondholders class action faced obstacles, but proving climate risk not one of them: judge
A judge who signed off on a settlement in a class action against the  government by sovereign bondholders over the disclosure of climate risks said proving climate change posed a risk to government coffers may not be as difficult as the government has claimed.
Group members to get $84M from AMP class action settlement
Maurice Blackburn will seek $26 million in costs from a $110 million settlement in a long-running class action against AMP over its fees-for-no-service conduct, leaving more than three-quarters of the settlement to be distributed to group members.
Shine improves disclosures in wake of review, ASIC says
The ASX-listed Shine Lawyers has earned marks for improvement in a review by ASIC of its disclosures relating to interest on litigation funding loans, the corporate regulator said Thursday.