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Court approves $16m DASS settlement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
... the $16 million class action brought against Dixon Advisory & Superannuation Services (DASS) following a two-week delay. Justice Thawley sought to gather more information for the victims in delaying the approval. The Australian Financial Complaints Authority ...

Adam Blumenthal ordered to pay $850k

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024
... employ trading strategies, and his intention of presenting a false or misleading picture to the market for Creso shares," Justice Stewart said in his judgement. "The contraventions concerned fundamental obligations by a senior officeholder in each corporation ...

State supports move to close super loophole exploited by paedophiles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... survivors who are living with a life sentence, who are living with a life of shame and blame to come forward and seek justice. "The support of the South Australian Parliament in pushing to close the loophole and to allow victim survivors of child sexual ...

'Licensee for hire' fined $1.25m by court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024
... cybersecurity management processes or the like in place, using a paper filing system until September 2020. Issuing the penalty, Justice McEvoy said the contraventions were serious and systemic, saying Lanterne's conduct fell well short of the reasonable ...

Court delays DASS class action settlement approval

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2024
... interest. Last November, E&P settled the lawsuit for $16 million and was due to be approved by the Federal Court on April 3. "Justice Thawley has adjourned the settlement approval hearing to April 17 to allow the applicant to provide further information ...

Court rejects Provide Capital's 'illogical' application

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
... rejected Provide Capital's "illogical" application to prevent ASIC conducting further investigation into the firm. Justice Rofe dismissed Provide Capital's application that alleged ASIC did not have the state of mind required to conduct an investigation ...

ASIC wins greenwashing case against Vanguard

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... conduct that was liable to mislead the public and that it had made representations that were false or misleading." Today, Justice O'Bryan found Vanguard broke the law numerous times, breaching the ASIC Act when it made representations about the screens ...

ASIC ends legal battle: Provide Capital's appeal quashed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... that the failure was without reasonable excuse. Justices Lee, Anderson, and McElwaine upheld the previous orders made by Justice O'Bryan in the Federal Court. On 25 September 2023, O'Bryan ordered Provide Capital to produce the documents that it ...

Court dismisses ASIC lawsuit against Finder

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
... fallen flat as the Federal Court rejected allegations it was spruiking a financial product related to cryptocurrency. Justice Markovic yesterday dismissed ASIC's case against Finder.com's Finder Wallet and its product Finder Earn, which was marketed ...

ASIC succeeds in conflicted remuneration case

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... contravened s963F of the Corporations Act by failing to take reasonable steps to ensure SMSF Club did not accept the payments. Justice Jackson concluded that "ASIC has established that, during the relevant period, the steps that RM Capital took to ensure ...
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