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ASX wants $3M security for costs from iSignthis after Cyprus move
Brendan Lim 2022-05-05 4:56 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

The Australian Stock Exchange is seeking $3.25 million in security for costs as it defends a $464 million lawsuit brought by fintech firm iSignthis, a move spurred on by the 2021 demerger of iSignthis and ISX Financial EU.

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‘Just a fishing expedition’: Quintis class action can’t see EY meeting docs
Accounting 2022-05-05 4:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Shareholders bringing a class action against Quintis have lost their bid for Ernst & Young to hand over documents from two meetings with a director of the sandalwood supplier, after a judge found they did not get “within a bull’s roar” of showing the accounting firm’s discovery was inadequate.

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Keybridge’s Bolton grilled over 1 min call he says secured ‘firm’ deal with Bell Potter
Andrew Broadfoot 2022-05-02 9:43 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Keybridge Capital managing director Nicholas Bolton has been grilled over a phone call in April 2015 lasting one minute and 18 seconds in which the activist investor claims Bell Potter bound its client to buy $10 million worth of shares in defunct Molopo Energy.

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Crown’s $125M class action settlement wins court approval but no CFO for funder
Bret Walker 2022-04-29 1:12 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A judge has signed off on a $125 million settlement to resolve a shareholder class action against Crown Resorts over disclosures relating to its Chinese gambling operations, but has shaved $1 million from the funder’s proposed commission.

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Law firms appear to sour on contest between rival a2 Milk class actions
Agriculture 2022-04-28 10:45 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Law firms running competing shareholder class actions against a2 Milk appear to have reached agreement to join forces, with a court order Thursday scrapping a contest to determine which case would proceed alone.

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US shareholders ask court to reject $31M payout for Crown class action funder
Bret Walker 2022-04-28 9:35 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

US institutional shareholders who joined a class action against Crown Resorts that settled on the eve of trial for $125 million are urging the Federal Court to slash the funder’s commission by $4.65 million.

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Former Nuix CEO has ‘no faith’ in pre-trial mediation in $180M case
Corporate 2022-04-28 1:35 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

The former CEO of Nuix has shot down the suggestion of pre-trial mediation, which he said was unlikely to resolve his $180 million claim against embattled tech company.

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Judge signs off on 40% cut for law firm in Arrium class action
Accounting 2022-04-27 1:16 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A judge has approved a 40 per cent group costs order for the law firm that’s running a class action against KPMG and former directors of collapsed mining company Arrium, the highest approved since the state began allowing lawyers to earn a cut of class action awards.

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Deloitte strikes back in Noumi class action over $590M write-down
Accounting 2022-04-21 5:03 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Deloitte and Noumi, formerly known as Freedom Foods, have pointed the finger at one another in a consolidated shareholder class action, with the accounting giant saying the food company made misleading representations in its financial reports and should be on the hook for its costs in defending the lawsuit.

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Sydney-based investment firm faces racial discrimination suit
Employment 2022-04-20 1:17 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

The top brass of Sydney-based investment firm Curve Securities have been named in a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by a former employee.

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