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‘Enough’s enough’: Court cuts bid for lengthy plea discussions in ANZ cartel case
A local court magistrate overseeing the ANZ criminal cartel case has denied a bid by prosecutors to be given twice the length of time typically allotted to parties for case conference discussions, saying the sooner the proceedings can be transferred to the Federal Court the better.
Procter & Gamble drops spat with Colgate-Palmolive over whitening toothpaste ads
Consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble has dropped a lawsuit accusing competitor Colgate-Palmolive of breaching consumer laws by making false claims about the performance of its whitening toothpaste that threatened to push its own brand of whitener off the shelves.
Judge slams rejigged opt out notice, funder’s ‘contrivance’ in Suncorp class action
A judge has criticised a revised opt out notice in a class action against Suncorp over allegedly conflicted remuneration and again slammed the funder backing the case for sending a "disturbing" letter to group members contrived to achieve a commercial advantage.
ASIC spent $1.8M on failed Westpac responsible lending case
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission spent over $1.8 million in taxpayer funds investigating and prosecuting its now failed responsible lending case against Westpac.
Telstra sues Optus over ‘more than ever before’ ad campaign
Telstra has filed a lawsuit accusing Singtel Optus of breaching the Australia Consumer Law through ads that claim it is "covering more of Australia than ever before".
Funder behind Fair Work class actions a ‘litigation bounty hunter’, Full Court hears
Facing accusations of being a "litigation bounty hunter", litigation funder Augusta Ventures has made its bid before the Full Federal Court to overturn a landmark ruling which put it on the hook for $3.1 million in security in two Fair Work class actions.
ACCC denies acting on JPMorgan advice when sending cartel case to CDPP
A senior officer from the ACCC has rejected claims that the regulator took legal advice from immunity applicant JPMorgan before launching its high profile criminal cartel case against ANZ, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank.
ACCC accused of ‘slapdash’ decision to charge Deutsche Bank exec in ANZ cartel case
A former high-ranking Deutsche Bank executive charged with involvement in an alleged cartel agreement relating to a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement claims he was dragged into the case becaused of the "incredibly slapdash" methods of the ACCC.
ANZ accuses ACCC of ‘heavying’ cartel witnesses from JPMorgan
ANZ Banking Group has slammed a decision by the ACCC to escalate concerns that one of its key cartel witnesses was not being "full and frank", claiming this was a way to put pressure on the witness and bring his evidence into line.
CBA unit admits to misleading calls in ASIC case over MySuper accounts
Commonwealth Bank's wealth management unit Colonial First State has admitted misleading conduct in certain calls to superannuation members, but has otherwise denied claims by the corporate watchdog that it misled over 12,000 fund members during the transition to MySuper accounts.