Titan DMS, which provides software to car dealers across Australia, has expanded cross claims in a legal dispute with leading competitor Pentana Solutions, alleging the rival engaged in misuse of market power by threatening dealers who want to switch providers.
A class action against KPMG over the failure of six managed investment schemes for eucalyptus wood in Tasmania can’t add new claims against the accounting firm three months out from trial.
The former chief executive of Commonwealth Bank has told a court internal auditors raised issues with CBA’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing compliance four years before AUSTRAC took action that saw the bank’s share price plummet.
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia and unit CommSec have reached an agreement with the Fair Work Ombudsman on liability in enforcement action alleging they knowingly underpaid almost 7,500 employees over $16.4 million.
Novartis and and generic drug maker Pharmacor have resolved litigation over the Swiss pharmaceutical giant’s patents for blockbuster MS drug Gilenya.
Medibank is facing another class action investigation over a massive data breach that left the personal information of almost 10 million customers exposed, just days after criminals began publishing sensitive customer health data.
Three of the Big Four banks have agreed to pay a total of $126 million to settle class actions on behalf of up to one million customers who were sold consumer credit insurance.
The litigation funder bankrolling a class action on behalf of 383 apartment owners in Sydney’s troubled Opal Tower is seeking a 26 per cent commission totalling $13.2 million of the confidential settlement sum, a court has heard.
A judge has hit Optus, Telstra, and TPG with a total of $33.5 million in penalties for misleading thousands of NBN customers into paying for internet speeds that could not be achieved.
The High Court has rejected a special leave application by underworld figure Mick Gatto seeking to revive defamation claims against the ABC over an article which he said accused him of threatening to kill gangland lawyer Nicola Gobbo.