Commercial Disputes AU
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September 03, 2026
ACCC Gives Final Approval To Epic Games, Google Settlement
The ACCC has given final approval to the settlement between Google and Epic Games in the competition lawsuit launched after Google kicked the Fortnite game from its Play Store after Epic launched its own app payment system.
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September 03, 2026
KPMG Sued By Sacked Ex-COO After Whistleblower Scandal
Eileen Hoggett, the sacked auditor at the centre of the KPMG whistleblower scandal, has filed legal proceedings against her former employer in a NSW Supreme Court on Thursday weeks after telling a parliamentary committee she was still trying to "understand the basis of my expulsion from the firm."
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September 03, 2026
Optus, Google, Meta Join AFCA Ahead of Scam Dispute Role
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has added over 100 new members including major telecommunications firms like Optus and digital platforms including Meta, TikTok and Google ahead of its expanded role handling scam disputes from March next year.
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September 03, 2026
Beacon Minerals Exec Sentenced For Tipping Friends on Gold Find
Beacon Minerals' former project manager Alexander McCulloch was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment for insider trading after he told two friends to buy 11 million Beacon Mineral shares while he had confidential information showing promising gold drilling results at a project.
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September 03, 2026
APRA Slaps ING With Licence Conditions on Liquidity Errors
ING Australia has been hit with additional licence conditions and a $50 million operational risk capital add-on from APRA due to "significant overstatement" in its liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) which the bank self-reported, the regulator said in a statement on Thursday.
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September 03, 2026
Banned Auditor Sentenced For Falsifying Reports By ASIC
A disqualified self-managed superannuation fund auditor has been sentenced to 60 hours of unpaid community service by the Melbourne Magistrates Court after he admitted to auditing funds and falsifying documents while prohibited by ASIC.
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September 02, 2026
Blue Sky Class Action Must Post $1.9M In Security, Use AI
A Federal Judge has ordered a class action led by R&B Investments to put up a $680,000 security to Blue Sky Alternative Investments and $1.28 million security to Ernst & Young for future and past legal costs in a suit alleging Blue Sky, its former directors and auditors EY overestimated its assets under management and investment performance, while also calling for AI use to simplify the dispute.
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September 02, 2026
Government to Shield Robodebt Class Settlements From Tax
The federal government will introduce new legislation and regulations to exempt Robodebt class action settlements from tax, income testing and compensation recovery arrangements to ensure victims receive the full amount.
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September 02, 2026
Pengana Asks Takeovers Panel To Block WAM Stake Raise
Fund manager Pengana Capital has applied to the Takeovers Panel to block Geoff Wilson's Wilson Asset Management (WAM) from raising its stake in Pengana's international equities fund, citing disclosure and conflict of interest failures around a July share buy-back.
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September 01, 2026
Clifford Chance Can Arbitrate $3.5M Congo Fee Dispute
An Australian judge on Tuesday denied Equatorial Resources Ltd.'s attempt to block its former counsel at Clifford Chance LLP from seeking arbitration over a roughly $3.46 million unpaid legal bill, incurred as the mining company pursues a claim worth up to $1.9 billion against the Republic of Congo.
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September 02, 2026
ACCC Clears Kimberly-Clark Kenvue Deal On Period-Care Sale
The ACCC has approved personal care product company Kimberly-Clark's acquisition of Kenvue on the condition it sells Kenvue's Australian period-care brands Carefree and Stayfree to an approved buyer on competition concerns.
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September 01, 2026
Panel Extends Forrestania Zenith Bid On Disclosure Lapses
The federal Takeovers Panel ordered gold mining company Forrestania Resources to extend the deadline for its bid to buy gold and lithium producer Zenith Minerals, after it issued a "declaration of unacceptable circumstances" last week citing disclosure failures.
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September 01, 2026
ACCC Calls For Stronger Product Safety Laws For Online Marketplaces
The ACCC has called for stronger product safety laws, including mandatory obligations on online marketplaces, warning existing Australian Consumer Law has failed to keep pace with the growth of online shopping and is exposing consumers, including children, to unsafe goods.
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September 01, 2026
SPC Sues Ex-Chair Alleging Fund Misuse, Seeks $4.5M
Food manufacturer SPC Global has filed a second lawsuit against its former chair, his investment firm and a former board member in the Victoria Supreme Court, alleging they breached directors' duties by misusing company funds related to the sale and leaseback of a Shepparton factory with SPC seeking recovery of more than $4.5 million.
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September 01, 2026
CashnGo Hit With $3.5M Penalty Over Unfair Loan Terms
A Federal Court judge on Monday ordered Venture 5 Group, which trades as short-term money lender CashnGo Australia, to pay $3.5 million for using and relying on unfair terms in credit contracts to consumers seeking access to small sums of money on an urgent basis.
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September 01, 2026
AUSTRAC To Probe Western Union's High-Risk Payments
AUSTRAC has launched an investigation into Western Union over concerns the global payments provider has failed to adequately manage money laundering and terrorism financing risks linked to high-risk payment channels and customers.
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August 31, 2026
Judge Wants Faster, Leaner Commercial Court In Victoria
High Court Justice Michelle Gordon AC has called for fewer interlocutory disputes and faster judgments in Victoria's Commercial Court, arguing courts and practitioners must foster a legal culture in which commercial litigation is not reduced to "a game of procedural attrition."
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August 31, 2026
Ex-RAMS Franchisees Told To Rein In Sprawling Class Action
A Federal Court judge in Sydney on Monday urged former franchisees of RAMS Home Loans to simplify their class action accusing RAMS of improperly terminating their franchise deals, saying trial risked becoming "unnecessarily unwieldy."
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August 31, 2026
Judge Backs AI To Sift Data In McDonald's Wage Class Action
A Federal Court judge has suggested that parties in a class action accusing McDonald's Australia Ltd and franchisees of underpaying managers consider using artificial intelligence to trawl through related employee data, saying AI was "likely to provide a satisfactory solution" more efficiently and cheaply than traditional ways of processing data.
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August 31, 2026
ASIC Warns Home Insurers On High Rate Of Cash Settlements
ASIC has warned home insurers on the high rate of cash settlement offers, after a review found offers were based on one quote from a preferred supplier, they left people with higher repair costs and often failed to support vulnerable customers.
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August 31, 2026
oOh!media Alters Rival Bid Terms After ASIC Talks
Outdoor advertising business oOh!media has changed the definition of a "superior proposal" under the terms of its nearly $900 million takeover agreement with US private equity firm I Squared following discussions with ASIC, limiting how long certain rival bidders must beat I Squared's offer by at least 3% to qualify.
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August 31, 2026
HSF Kramer-led MUFG To Buy Super Platform GROW
MUFG Pension & Market Services is set to acquire Gro w Technology Services (GROW Inc), an Australian fintech-based superannuation administration platform, for an undisclosed sum, and has appointed HSF Kramer as its legal adviser.
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August 28, 2026
O'Connor Says Key APRA Witness 'Lying' About Alleged Plot
Counsel for First Super co-chair Michael O'Connor argued at the Federal Court in Melbourne on Friday that APRA's case, alleging he schemed to have the fund pay a CFMEU employee for doing union work while ostensibly working at the super fund, was based on the testimony of an unreliable, dishonest witness.
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August 28, 2026
APRA Fails 12 Super Options, Five Closed To New Members
APRA's annual performance test has failed 12 superannuation options across six trustees, including BUSSQ's MySuper product, with five barred from accepting new members after they failed for a second consecutive year.
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August 28, 2026
AUSTRAC Warns Lawyers On AML Enrolment Lapses
AUSTRAC has warned firms providing designated services, including lawyers and accountants, that it has begun issuing notices for failing to enrol under Australia's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws, which came into effect last month.