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AMP accused of poaching 11 employees from wealth management software company
A software company is suing a subsidiary of AMP for breach of contract after the financial services firm allegedly induced 11 employees to jump ship after licensing its online advisor platform.
High Court’s scrapping of Chorley exception doesn’t extend to inhouse lawyers, judge rules
The High Court's abolition of the so-called Chorley exception does not apply to a party's in-house counsel, which is still permitted to seek its own legal costs for prosecuting or defending a proceeding, a judge has found.
Judge OKs $49.5M settlement in NAB class action
A judge has signed off on a $49.5 million settlement in a class action against National Australia Bank over ‘junk insurance’, including millions in fees for the firm that brought the case on a no-win, no-fee basis, despite calling the settlement sum a “substantial compromise”.
Court won’t freeze AMP class action amid High Court appeal
A judge has declined to put a Maurice Blackburn-led class action against AMP on hold while the High Court decides whether to overturn a ruling awarding the firm carriage of the matter following a high-stakes battle against three other law firms.
Pershing pleads guilty to mishandling client funds in first criminal case of its kind
The Australian arm of global financial solutions provider Pershing faces sentencing after pleading guilty to criminal offences of mishandling client funds.
Ex-AMP lawyer ‘disparaged’ GC to Big Six partner, court told 
The identity of a Big Six partner to whom a former AMP lawyer allegedly criticised her superior has been revealed in court during a heated exchange between the barristers in the unfair dismissal proceeding.
ISignthis can’t keep lid on ‘damaging’ ASX findings
ISignthis has come up short in its courtroom bid to block publication of the Australian Stock Exchange's "damaging" reasons for suspending its shares.
ASIC actions lead to jump in criminal charges, millions in fines
Investigations by ASIC led to prosecutors laying 279 criminal charges in the last six months of 2019, an increase of 300 percent on the previous six months, the corporate watchdog's latest report reveals.
Profits a big motivator for big four banks in refusing to pass on interest rate cuts, ACCC says
The Big Four banks were trying to shore up their profits when they refused to pass on home loan interest rate cuts to consumers in full last year, an interim report of an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission inquiry has found.
High Court takes up Westpac fight against ASIC personal advice case
The High Court has agreed to hear a challenge by Westpac to a ruling in favour of ASIC that found the bank violated its duty to act in customers' best interests during a superannuation rollover campaign, a case that could clarify the line between personal and general financial advice.