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NAB faces ASIC wrath with second fees for no service case
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has taken legal action against National Australia Bank alleging thousands of violations of the law through its fees for no service conduct, exposing the bank to the risk of significant penalties.
ASIC takes life insurer TAL to court over handling of cancer victim’s claim
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has taken legal action on another referral from the banking royal commission, dragging life insurer TAL to court for allegedly engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct in its handling of a claim for coverage.
APRA begins probe of Westpac over ‘substantial gaps in risk governance’
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has flagged potentially "substantial gaps in risk governance" by Westpac as it formally kicked off an investigation into the bank and its executives for potential breaches of the Banking Act.
Disqualified exec loses case that forwarded ASIC email doesn’t count as service
An email from the corporate regulator forwarded to a Perth businessman by his lawyer constituted proper notification that the executive had been disqualified, an appeals court has ruled in tossing a challenge to the method of service.
Google slams ACCC’s ‘artificial and incorrect’ case over location data disclosures
Google has come out in defence of its privacy disclosures to Android mobile users in the face of landmark legal action by the ACCC, saying the consumer regulator's allegations of misleading conduct rely on an "artificial and incorrect" account of the way it informs users of the collection and use of personal location data.
Magistrate in ANZ cartel case shuts down ‘back door’ bid to expand JPMorgan witness grilling
A magistrate has dismissed a bid to expand the cross examination of a JPMorgan witness in the closely watched criminal cartel case over a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement, calling it a "back door" attempt to bypass a prior court ruling.
ACCC to get $26.9M boost to crack down on Google, Facebook
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will get an additional $26.9 million to take on Google and Facebook, but the Federal Government will proceed more slowly in implementing some of the more wide-ranging proposals in the regulator's final digital platforms report, including suggested changes to privacy and merger review laws.
‘I’m getting awful close to ending my life’: Magistrate despairs as ANZ cartel hearing blows out
A committal hearing in the ANZ cartel case may run a further nine days next year due to ongoing arguments about subpoenas and privilege, which have derailed five planned days of cross-examination of key witnesses and led a Local Court Magistrate to proclaim she was "awful close" to ending her life.
VW class action judge frowns on bid for common fund order
The judge overseeing the settlement approval process in multiple class actions against Volkswagen over the diesel emissions scandal has criticised an application for a common fund order by the funder backing two Bannister Law-led lawsuits.
APRA puts conditions on CBA unit Avanteos after charging fees to dead clients
CBA subsidiary Avanteos Investments Limited has been hit with extra conditions on its superannuation licence by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority after it was revealed the investment management firm charged fees to thousands of deceased superannuation members.