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The former chair of the Melbourne Demons has settled a lawsuit he brought against senior executives of the club over allegedly defamatory statements.
Investment manager’s not-so ‘Golden Method’ leads to jail time
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A former investment manager who provided investors with forged portfolio reports about his ‘Golden Method’ trading strategy has been sentenced to three years in jail.
High Court to resolve uncertainty over common fund orders
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The High Court has agreed to rule on whether common fund orders can ever be made in class actions, including so-called solicitors’ common fund orders allowing lawyers to earn a cut of any settlement.
ATO, PepsiCo fight over royalty withholding tax goes to High Court
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The ATO has won the nod from the High Court to appeal a finding that a royalty withholding tax did not apply to payments from Schweppes to PepsiCo under agreements to sell brands like Pepsi and Gatorade in Australia.
Banksia class action silk pushes off court appearance again
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Former top silk Norman O’Bryan, who is facing criminal charges for his role in the notorious Banksia Securities class action, has secured a second adjournment of his case.
Judge mulls CFO to cut Mayne class action funder’s commission
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A commission baked into a funding agreement in a class action against Mayne Pharma is under threat, with a judge mulling an order off his own bat to cut the rate.
BHP says shareholders can’t expand class action because of ‘drafting error’
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BHP has told an appeals court a shareholder class action should not be allowed to expand the group definition to correct an alleged drafting error.
Optus slapped with $12m penalty over Triple-0 outage
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Optus has been hit with a $12 million penalty over a “preventable” nationwide network outage in November 2023, which left thousands of customers unable to make emergency calls.
Australian Clinical Labs flags strike-out bid in OAIC data breach case
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Australian Clinical Labs may seek to strike out part of the OAIC’s case over a 2022 data breach, arguing it would unfairly allow the watchdog to allege both single and multiple contraventions of privacy law.
ACCC takes Magnamail to court for misleading prize promotions
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Court action by the ACCC alleges mail order company Magnamail made misleading statements to hundreds of thousands of people about prizes they weren’t eligible to win.