Sydney investment manager Rodney Forrest has pleaded guilty to two counts of insider trading in relation to the trading of $2.6 million in shares of funds manager Platinum Asset Management while in position of inside information about a takeover offer.
The directors of payday lenders Cigno and BSF have filed for special leave to appeal a decision that found them liable for unlicensed credit activity, saying the case raises fundamental questions about the scope of accessorial liability.
A rental company providing long-term leases for household items has been slugged with a $7.4 million penalty after a court found its loan agreements did not comply with credit laws.
A former EY partner accused of promoting a tax loss scheme has hit back at the ATO’s case on the first day of trial, saying he gave objective advice and the case is an overreach.
Former director of fintech iSignthis, John Karantzis, plans to appeal a ruling that slapped him with a $1 million penalty and disqualification orders for allegedly providing misleading information to shareholders.
The High Court will hear an appeal by Sunshine Loans, which centres on a judge’s recusal in the corporate regulator’s case over unauthorised fees.
The privacy regulator has brought a case against Optus over a 2022 data breach that affected up to 10 million people, as the telco faces a class action and related proceedings by the media regulator.
A judge has handed iSignthis and its director $11 million in penalties for failing to give adequate disclosures and giving misleading information to the ASX, saying reliance on legal advice was no reason to reduce the fine.
The High Court has upheld a decision that found Helensburgh Coal should have tried to redeploy 22 workers it dismissed as redundant and replaced with contractors.
A legal academic and former senior president of the Fair Work Commission is facing charges after child abuse material allegedly flashed on his screen during a lecture at Monash University.