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A former Courtenay House contractor and investment promoter is the latest to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment over an alleged $180 million Ponzi scheme, for which he netted $670,000 in commissions.
Private health insurer Medibank has been served with a second class action over a data breach exposing the personal details of 10 million customers.
Corrs Chambers Westgarth has defeated an application by a former client to split a trial in his breach of duty case against the law firm, with a judge saying while an initial hearing could save costs, the line between negligence and the merits of the underlying case were blurred.
One Nation senator Pauline Hanson has been taken to court by Greens deputy leader Dr Mehreen Faruqi over a social media post Faruqi claims was insulting and humiliating.
Wealth management firm Ord Minnett has paid an $888,000 penalty for twice breaching market integrity rules in executing a share buy-back with "pre-arranged" trades.
The Victoria Supreme Court will not appoint a contradictor to weigh in on the reasonableness of a $1.25 million settlement offered by companies associated with the wife of a once prominent silk struck from the roll over the Banksia Securities class action scandal.
The applicants in a shareholder class action against the former Freedom Foods have failed in a bid to cross-examine Noumi's inhouse counsel on affidavits swearing to the legal professional privilege of 3,000 documents, including material containing advice from accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.
An infringement ruling against US singer Katy Perry in a case brought by an Australian fashion designer is a "win for the little guy", experts say, showing that fame doesn't give celebrities a blank cheque to exploit their brand at the expense of someone's else's registered trade mark.
MLC has agreed to cop a $10 million penalty for admitted breaches of the Corporations Act in an ASIC case that alleged the insurer failed to promptly update medical terms in policies and withheld payment of a life insurance benefit.
Damages for reduction in value under the Australian Consumer Law are at the centre of competing special leave applications to the High Court filed by Toyota and the lead applicant in a class action over defective diesel filters.