A judge has given the green light to amended pleadings in a class action accusing major banks of entering a cartel agreement to rig foreign exchange rates, bringing a two-year fight over the pleadings closer to resolution.
iSignthis CEO John Karantzis claims the ATO misled the court when it sought a freezing order over his assets in a dispute over an alleged $10.7 million tax debt, saying the tax office failed to give the judge “material” information.
A Fair Work Commission deputy president who warned against “a system of medical apartheid and segregation” in a decision on a workplace vaccine challenge has disqualified herself from hearing any future workplace vaccination disputes and been excluded from Full Bench work.
Big Six law firm Gilbert + Tobin has announced it will give all legal staff who have been with the business since July a ten per cent pay rise and increase parental leave to 26 weeks to lure talent in a competitive market.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is calling for the power to mandate ‘choice screens’ in mobile devices to provide Australian consumers with a wider variety of online search engine options, as part of the regulator’s ongoing efforts to mitigate Google’s search dominance.
The Queensland Supreme Court has ruled it does not have the power to make declarations regarding the validity of COVID-19 vaccination mandates for Queensland health workers and police officers.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has flagged preliminary competition concerns about a proposed merger of two of the largest suppliers of mobile container handling equipment, saying the tie-up could leave customers without a proven alternative supplier at shipping terminals.
Corrs Chambers Westgarth has continued its hiring spree, luring a financial services regulatory specialist from Herbert Smith Freehills.
Legislation capping litigation funder returns in class actions to 30 per cent and requiring group members to sign up to funding schemes has been introduced to federal parliament despite widespread criticism.
An in-principle settlement has been reached with law firms Arnold Bloch Leibler and Slater & Gordon in a class action over Slater & Gordon’s disastrous $1.2 billion Quindell acquisition.
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