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Top JPMorgan execs to face stand before trial after late ACCC disclosure
JPMorgan bigwigs who are key witnesses for the prosecution in its cartel case over ANZ’s botched share placement in 2015 will be questioned by Citibank and Deutsche ahead of trial.
ACCC’s witness statement method ‘quite unfair’, says judge hearing cartel case
The ACCC's practice of successively refining witness statements without saving draft versions was "quite unfair", says a judge overseeing the competition regulator's criminal cartel case over a botched ANZ share placement.
ACCC let JPMorgan lawyers review witness statement in cartel probe, court told
Lawyers for JPMorgan went to the ACCC's office to review a draft statement of the investment bank's then managing director Jeffrey Herbert-Smith, an immunity witness for the competition regulator in its troubled criminal cartel case over an ANZ share placement, a court has heard.
Judge slams indictment in cartel case as ‘complete shemozzle’
A judge has declined to quash the indictment in a high-profile criminal case over a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement but sent prosecutors back to the drawing board to remedy its defects, calling the state of affairs "a complete shemozzle".
JPMorgan GC sat in on ACCC interviews despite involvement in alleged cartel, court hears
JPMorgan's general counsel for Australia and New Zealand was allowed to sit in on witness interviews during an ACCC cartel investigation into ANZ's $2.5 billion share placement despite allegedly being involved in the cartel conduct, a judge has heard.
Arnold Bloch Leibler, Slater & Gordon settle class action over Quindell acquisition
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.
‘Elephant in the room’: Judge questions conduct of some lawyers for Banksia legal team
Last week’s judgment denouncing the scandalous behaviour of the legal team running the Banksia Securities class action cast a spotlight on the conduct of lawyers for some of the defendants, asking whether “untenable” defences were maintained beyond an acceptable point in the case.
Settlement talks fail in Pitcher Partners, Arnold Bloch Leibler class actions
Two class actions against Pitcher Partners and Arnold Bloch Leibler over advice given ahead of Slater & Gordon's disastrous $1.2 billion Quindell acquisition will proceed to trial next month after mediation between the parties failed to resolve the cases.
ACCC officers face pre-trial grilling in ANZ cartel case as judge questions need for committal
Five enforcement officers of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will be cross-examined by lawyers for banks facing price fixing charges over their conduct following ANZ's $2.5 billion capital raising six years ago.
‘Arrogant’ barristers in Banksia class action struck off roll, face criminal probe
Lawyers running the scandal-ridden Banksia class action have been struck from the roll of practitioners, will face criminal investigation and must pay group members $11.7 million in damages.