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Funders’ cut, legal fees to eat up half of $40M RCR Tomlinson class action settlement
The funders that bankrolled a securities class action against collapsed engineering firm RCR Tomlinson will ask the court to give them an $8 million cut of a $40 million settlement. A further $12 million in legal fees means shareholders will get 50 per cent of the settlement sum.
ASIC takes stockbroker Adam Blumenthal to court for alleged market rigging, breaches of duty
The corporate regulator has brought proceedings against EverBlu Capital and Creso Pharma director Adam Blumenthal, alleging market rigging and breaches of duty, and has accepted an undertaking by the stockbroker that he will quit his involvement in financial services for the next five years.
Jan Cameron found guilty of failing to disclose interest in Bellamy’s
Former Bellamy’s Australia director Jan Cameron has been found guilty of two counts of breaching the Corporations Act, following an investigation by the corporate regulator over her failure to disclose her stake in the baby formula company. 
ANZ hit with $900,000 penalty for share placement disclosure failures
ANZ's failure to disclose a bailout by banks underwriting a $2.5 billion share placement has resulted in a penalty of less than $1 million, ending an eight-year saga that included an aborted criminal trial.
PwC class action by Axsesstoday bondholders wants to add insurer, 3 years in
More than three years after filing a class action against failed asset finance lender Axsesstoday and auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers over a $50 million prospectus, the applicant has asked a court to file a new statement of claim that will join insurer Dual Australia to the case.
Noumi in talks with ASIC on penalty for continuous disclosure breaches
Food manufacturer Noumi is trying to reach agreement with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission on a penalty to propose to the court for violating its continuous disclosure obligations by overstating the value of inventory.
$26M settlement approved in class action over Dreamworld tragedy
A judge has signed off on a $26 million settlement in a shareholder class action against Ardent Leisure over the 2016 Dreamworld tragedy, including $7.8 million for the funder that backed the case and $5 million in legal costs.
Solicitors’ CFO question in Blue Sky class action sent to Full Court
Weeks after giving the thumbs up to common fund orders at settlement, the Full Federal Court has been asked to decide whether judges have power to order payment of a commission to class action solicitors -- not just funders.
KPMG asks High Court again to hear class action transfer fight
Accounting firm KPMG has asked the High Court for a second time to weigh in on the relevance of a contingency fee order made in a Victoria Supreme Court class action to its bid to transfer the case to NSW.
Nuix failed to disclose disappointing results after $1.8B float, court told
Nuix had information in January 2021 which undermined the growth story presented to the market in the prospectus for its IPO, a court has heard on the first day of ASIC’s case against the tech company and a handful of former directors.