Yesterday
CFMEU in ‘open defiance’ of the law: judges
Federal Court judges said the CFMEU “simply regards itself as free to disobey the law” and 25 years of fines have done nothing to stop it.
- David Marin-Guzman
This Month
Most FTX customers to get all their money back after catastrophic collapse
The collapsed cryptocurrency exchange says it will be able to pay off most of its investors - but the soaring price of bitcoin means they still lose.
- Michelle Chapman
Westpac says it was stung by decade-long ‘Ponzi scheme’
The major lender is suing a fruit stall at Sydney’s Flemington Markets, alleging it conspired to falsify revenues and invoices to defraud it of $15 million.
- Updated
- Lucas Baird
- Exclusive
- Super yachts
Star Entertainment’s luxury yacht fire sale finds way to Federal Court
The family office of a wealthy Cypriot businessman has accused the gaming group of reneging on a sales agreement, and wants millions of dollars in compensation.
- Max Mason and Zoe Samios
Stormy Daniels expected to appear at Trump’s trial
The adult-film actress’ testimony is by far the most-awaited spectacle in Donald Trump’s hush money trial.
- Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz, Michael R. Sisak and Eric Tucker
Judge cited for ‘demeaning’ conduct in rape case
Victoria’s judicial watchdog has found that Judge Geoffrey Chettle ‘infringed the standards of conduct generally expected of judicial officers’.
- Michael Pelly
Man with sword kills 14-year-old boy, injures four in London attack
Police described the attack in east London as “truly horrific” but said terrorism was not involved.
April
Aussie Broadband to call Barrenjoey, Luminis in Superloop court battle
Investment bankers and Superloop directors and executives will be subpoenaed as witnesses in a Federal Court trial as Aussie Broadband continues to fight its rival over a forced share sale.
- Jenny Wiggins
#MeToo setback: NY court overturns Harvey Weinstein rape conviction
The New York ruling reopens a painful chapter in America’s reckoning with sexual misconduct by powerful figures.
- Michael R. Sisak and Dave Collins
- Opinion
- Opinion
Trump’s prosecution puts American law on trial too
Flaws in the criminal case against former president Donald Trump demonstrate the vulnerability of the US legal system.
- Richard Porter
He was a Silicon Valley icon worth billions. It wasn’t enough
Andreas Bechtolsheim made a legendary investment in Google that changed the world and made him billions. Then he threw it away for an insider trade worth far less.
- David Streitfeld
Judge tells Trump lawyer he is ‘losing all credibility’
Donald Trump’s repeated attacks on witnesses in his criminal case have been labelled a deliberate violation of the judge’s gag order.
- Luc Cohen, Jack Queen and Andy Sullivan
David Beckham sues Mark Wahlberg over $16.3m loss in F45 gym brand
The British soccer legend agreed to promote the Aussie brand after his Hollywood neighbour bought into the company. But the deal has descended into lawsuits.
- India McTaggart
CFMEU let off the hook by watchdog for ‘most serious’ threats: judge
A Federal Circuit Court judgment raises questions about the Fair Work Ombudsman’s appetite to enforce workplace laws on construction sites since Labor took power.
- Hannah Wootton
Widow claims dodgy NAB advice voided $400,000 in life insurance cover
The case revives a central issue raised during the financial services royal commission – vertical integration of banking and financial advice.
- Lucas Baird
- Updated
- Macquarie Group
Macquarie fined $10m after dodgy withdrawals
A Federal Court judge said certain systems implemented by the financial services provider had “little or no ability” to protect customers from fraud.
- Lucas Baird
Donald Trump’s legal woes are ‘his problem’, says wife Melania Trump
She may support her husband, but she is bound to see headlines involving the presidential hopeful and Stormy Daniels that could reopen old wounds.
- Katie Rogers
Taxing judges’ pensions bad for independence, women
A former Federal Court chief justice says the reforms were likely unconstitutional and would stymie efforts to improve the number of women on the bench.
- Hannah Wootton
- Exclusive
- Industrial relations
Top silk to head new NSW Industrial Court
Three Sydney barristers have been chosen as judges for the new court, with leading employment law silk Ingmar Taylor, SC, to be the president.
- Michael Pelly and David Marin-Guzman
Federal Court says Blumenthal market rigging was ‘serious, deliberate’
The stockbroker will be banned from managing companies for five years and pay an $850,000 penalty four months after reaching an agreement with the regulator.
- Jonathan Shapiro and Liam Walsh