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US regulator, states sue Facebook

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
... power to crush smaller rivals and snuff out competition, all at the expense of everyday users," said New York Attorney General Letitia James said. "Instead of competing on the merits, Facebook used its power to suppress competition so it could take advantage ...

Tax concessions, infrastructure in focus for budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... earn, as we promised they would. But there is still more to be done and there will be more next week." Morrison said the Attorney-General has been in discussions with unions and employer groups to find common ground in boosting employment, a lot of which ...

Manipulative trading at J.P. Morgan costs it over $1bn

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... integrity of the American free enterprise system." The Justice Department's criminal division acting assistant attorney general Brian Rabbitt said the record-breaking penalty demonstrates the seriousness of the bank's misconduct. "For over eight ...

J.P. Morgan set to cough up US$1bn

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... scheme to manipulate the market for precious metals futures contracts and defraud market participants," Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski said at the time. "These charges should leave no doubt that the department is committed to prosecuting ...

Financial services laws under review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... This will involve identifying ways of making Chapter 7 clearer, coherent and effective. The final report is due to the Attorney-General by 30 November 2023. The ALRC is not tasked with recommending policy changes in terms of the actual content of financial ...

Mayfair 101 in damage control

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... public register when it should have been listed as private, allowing journalists to call in. Mayfair 101 wants the Federal Attorney-General and ASIC chair James Shipton to require each ASIC staff member involved with the Mayfair 101 matter to provide ...

AFP charges early release scammers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... Taskforce (SFCT) in partnership with the AFP along with AUSTRAC, ASIC, Border Force, the Department of Home Affairs, the Attorney-General's Department and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission to safeguard. ATO deputy commissioner and chief ...

Litigation funders will need AFSLs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... than 50% of the proceeds from the action. In announcing the inquiry into litigation funders and class actions, Attorney General Christian Porter said he was concerned that a boom in the litigation funding industry was not corresponding in better outcomes ...

QSuper board takes AFCA decision to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... body." "However, QSuper clarified its primary position in its written submissions in reply to those of the intervener, the Attorney-General (Cth), saying that it did not assert CA s 1055 was invalid, but merely that, in this case, AFCA impermissibly ...

Former Toys "R" Us executives face fraud charges

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... example of corporate greed resulting in executives and private equity firms benefiting at the expense of others," TRU Trust attorney, Greg Dovel said. "The defendants prioritized their own financial well-being, as well as the financial wellbeing of three ...