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Mastermind behind $180m Ponzi scheme jailed for seven years
The mastermind behind a $180m Ponzi scheme has been jailed for at least seven years – after surviving a kidnapping attempt, breaking up families and delaying victims’ retirements.
‘Shareholder oppression’: former coal baron takes on Whitehaven in court
Years after the case was first launched, former mining baron Nathan Tinkler has broken his silence with an exclusive interview in The Australian. READ THE LATEST IN THE COURT CASE.
All bets are off: Bell’s Star hunt misses the mark
The lack of hard facts means the ‘Bell II’ inquiry increasingly looks like nothing more than a vanity exercise.
Likely insolvent Keystone ‘brought in administrator over receiver’
The tussle over private investment fund Keystone and a former director’s spending habits has taken a twist after it emerged an ASIC court win appears to have been trumped by the company.
NAAJA board in mass resignation, chair stands down
The head of Australia’s largest Aboriginal legal service, who stood on his pregnant partner’s stomach and slammed her arm in a door, will step down from his role as four other directors leave.
Sovereign Indigenous nations ‘is an Australian myth’
Will the cognoscenti in the law and elsewhere face the facts about Indigenous Australia or will they continue to pay homage to a bucolic past that never really existed?
Under fire: super funds going for class action profits
Australia’s largest super funds are investing millions of dollars in both litigation funders and companies they are targeting in court, amid calls for a crackdown on ‘vulture’ firms reaping huge profits from the government’s ‘light-touch’ to class actions.
Victorian govt’s venture capital fund fight heats up
A court fight involving the Victorian government’s venture capital fund, a medtech start-up and its founder is heating up with Seer Medical’s co-founder being blamed for the company’s ‘severe financial difficulties’.
‘Class actions have strayed from their original purposes’
Scrapping the contingency fee model for class actions would fight the ‘increasing commercialisation’ of class action ‘lawfare’, amid calls for Labor to crack down on litigation funders.
Revealed: Super Retail secret whistleblower who warned board
Amelia Berczelly can be revealed as the second Super Retail whistleblower, as she claims she informed the board and its external auditor of ‘serious’ corporate governance issues at the company.
Former DPP seeks rethink on drug laws
A former head prosecutor has called for an expansion of the drug courts and an overhaul of possession laws as NSW lags behind the country.
Home epilepsy support device recalled amid court case
Seer Medical has revealed it will recall one of its key services used to support people at home with epilepsy, after the company’s co-founder launched legal action against it.
ASIC needs ‘eat-what-you-kill’ resources
The corporate regulator should be able to bank any winnings it gets from its successful litigation, according to experts.
Law firm ‘cashing in’ on visa hopefuls
A law firm that has championed dozens of cases amid Labor’s ongoing immigration woes has been accused of trying to make money from non-citizens ‘desperate’ to avoid deportation.
Home epilepsy support device recalled amid court case
Seer Medical has revealed it will recall one of its key services used to support people at home with epilepsy, after the company’s co-founder launched legal action against it.
Former barrister in $1.3m fraud case
A scion of the Australian legal establishment faces up to 10 years’ jail if convicted of stealing $1.3m by fraudulently billing out legal costs and providing allegedly false invoices.
Keybridge fails to sink board of pirate-themed LIC
Junior investment outfit Benjamin Hornigold, which is suing its former boss over $4.1m in loans, has dismissed a bid by Keybridge Capital to drastically cut its board fees.
Victorian state VC fund faces court over dispute
The Victorian government’s $2bn venture capital fund is facing allegations it threatened the former CEO of one of its investment companies ‘personally’ before he was sacked.
ASIC ‘needs US-style law enforcement approach’
Australia’s corporate regulator needs a US-style law enforcement approach and its current model is unworkable, the chair of an inquiry into ASIC says.
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