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GetSwift hit with $300M shareholder class action
Squire Patton Boggs has brought a shareholder class action worth potentially $300 million against logistics software company GetSwift and its director, former AFL player Joel MacDonald, for providing inadequate disclosures and misleading investors with “overhyped” announcements about business contracts.
S&P settles Lifeplan class action over CDOs ratings
S&P Global Ratings has reached a settlement in an Australian class action by investors who bought toxic products rated healthy by the U.S. credit reporting agency ahead of the global financial crisis, a deal that includes over $4.6 million in legal fees.
Start-up off hook for broken promises, rules NSW Appeals Court
A tech start-up that failed to deliver on a promise that investors would triple their money and was found liable for the entire investment has won a major reversal of the ruling on appeal.
Vodafone faces US action after trouble with Aussie regulator
Vodafone has been hit with a class action in the US alleging it failed to inform shareholders that it violated Australian law by selling pre-paid mobile phones without first verifying customers' identities.
Royal Bank of Scotland settles class action at 11th hour
The Royal Bank of Scotland has reached a settlement in a consumer protection class action on the eve of trial in the Federal Court.
Billabong judge sets shareholder meeting to ok sale
The Federal Court judge overseeing the sale of Billabong has set a March date for a meeting of shareholders to weigh the company's proposed sale to surfwear rival Boardriders.
Clock’s ticking for Slater & Gordon class members
Members of a class action against Slater and Gordon have until Tuesday to make their case against the $36.5 million settlement hammered out by  Maurice Blackburn's lawyers.
Corporate penalties to triple under new proposal
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission could get more teeth under a new proposal by a Turnbull government taskforce released Tuesday, with penalties for corporate crime tripling from $1 million to $3 million.