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Deloitte has settled a shareholder class action over its audits of collapsed construction group Hastie, a case which dragged on for six years as the accounting firm unsuccessfully fought to shield its audit reports.
A class action against Carnival over norovirus outbreaks on its Sun Princess cruise ship has defeated the cruise operator’s second strike out bid, with a judge saying the failure to identify what exactly went wrong “may not be fatal” to the case.
Retailer Best & Less will back-pay staff over $5.2 million as part of an undertaking to the Fair Work Ombudsman, after an internal review found salaried managers were not paid enough to cover their entitlements.
A judge who previously described as a "schemozzle" a law firm's attempt to drop a class action over Telstra's COVID-19 vaccine policy has refused a bid to keep secret Clive Palmer's involvement as funder of the aborted litigation.
Australian infant formula company Care A2 Plus has hit back at a $200 million lawsuit by US business partner Gensco, arguing the distributor did not properly execute the agreement at the heart of the dispute as allegations of phantom companies fly.
IG Markets has been hit with a second class action for offering “highly risky and unsuitable financial products” to retail investors, with a third competing proceeding in the works.
A Blue Sky director has pointed the finger at auditor Ernst & Young in a class action alleging the collapsed investment firm misled shareholders by misstating its assets under management.
Boutique law firm William Roberts has lured Omni Bridgeway's former managing director for Asia Pacific to grow its litigation team.
A judge has refused a lead applicant’s novel bid for financial information to use at settlement discussions in a group proceeding against Dixon Advisory.
Dell Australia has been ordered to pay a $10 million penalty for making false and misleading representations about the discount prices of add-on computer monitors.