Non-bank lender Firstmac hit with $8M penalty for DDO breaches

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The Federal Court has slapped non-bank lender Firstmac with an $8 million penalty, the second doled out in ASIC proceedings for violations of the new design and distribution obligations.

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Manus Island security guard sues Maurice Blackburn for negligence

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A former Manus Island security guard has sued Maurice Blackburn, alleging the firm’s negligence prevented him from receiving higher compensation for his psychiatric injuries.

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‘No flight risk’: ASIC can’t get travel ban on fund manager in probe over $35M

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Rejecting an urgent travel ban bid by the corporate cop, a court has cleared Melbourne businessman Rashid Alshakshir to fly to Indonesia, saying the evidence did not show he was a flight risk.

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In win for union, court muzzles St Vincent’s talk on bed closures

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A nurses union has won orders barring St Vincent’s Private from representing to nurses that protected industrial action in relation to the closure of beds at various hospitals is unlawful and unprotected.

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Indigenous child removal class actions slam ‘masked’ government files

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Lawyers representing two class actions against the state of Queensland over alleged unlawful removals of Indigenous children have called on the state to produce unredacted files about the lead applicants.

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Citing class action, VCAT rejects MP’s bid for hotel quarantine docs

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A bid by Victorian Liberal MP David Davis for documents on the state’s hotel quarantine program has largely failed, with a tribunal finding their release could prejudice an ongoing class action.

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Macquarie says it could rely on Nuix’s ‘promises’ about $1.8B IPO prospectus

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Macquarie Capital has hit back at a class action over an alleged misleading prospectus for Nuix’s $1.8 billion IPO, saying it was entitled as underwriter to rely on the software company’s promises.

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