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The trial scheduled for this month in ASIC's case against the Mayfair 101 group has been pushed off as the regulator adds claims that the troubled investment firm misled investors and director James Mawhinney briefs lawyers to represent his companies.
A high ranking executive from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia has warned that an increase in class actions could discourage Australia's best corporate leaders from joining company boards.
The chief of the Australian Defence Force has been given the opportunity to put on further evidence after a judge said he would otherwise order that material provided to a war crimes inquiry by Ben Roberts-Smith be produced in the war veteran's defamation case against three news publishers.
A recent announcement by logistics tech provider GetSwift that it will be relocating to Canada has heightened concerns by the lawyers running a shareholder class action against the company that it might not be able to meet any orders for compensation to group members.
App stores have become the latest battleground in the the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's investigation into digital platforms, with the regulator promising to look at data sharing practices, pricing and competition between Google and Apple, the two biggest players in the market.
An appeals court has dealt with complex jurisdiction and limitations issues in transferring one of three class actions against ride sharing giant Uber to another court, with one of the judges saying legislative reforms were needed to deal with the issues.
The judge overseeing professional misconduct claims against lawyers in the Banksia class action has denied a recusal application brought by Alex Elliott, the son of deceased class action lawyer Mark Elliott, who was joined to the proceedings in August.
A former Piper Alderman partner has lost her bid to bring sex discrimination claims against the partners of the law firm, but can still proceed with her other claims.
Mining giant BHP is seeking to have foreign group members shut out of a shareholder class action over the Fundao dam failure in Brazil five years ago.
Mayfair director James Mawhinney has been blocked from talking to investors ahead of a hearing on an application to wind up the IPO Wealth fund, after a judge raised concerns about investors being "misled and coerced" by the investment hotshot.