Rate rigging doesn't hit mortgages
David Murray has debunked Labor's claim the alleged manipulation of the bank bill swap rate hits every home loan mortgage making it the biggest financial crime of its type in Australia.
Melbourne landlord wins Airbnb case
The tenants of fashionable St Kilda apartment in inner city Melbourne will be evicted after a court found their hosting of Airbnb guests breached the terms of their lease.
PwC, KPMG threat to law firms
Top law firms will lose business as PwC Australia swells its legal teams and KPMG ramps up its own offerings.
Rate-rigging case to test court
High-powered legal teams are preparing a plan for how three bank bill swap rate cases should be managed in the Federal Court.
Push for directors to face jail for consumer breaches
Lawyers including King & Wood Mallesons partner Caroline Coops say unconscionable conduct laws do not need to be tightened despite calls by the Consumer Action Law Centre.
G+T wants to use computers to cut lawyers' work
Gilbert + Tobin is committing the legal-industry equivalent of heresy: use computers to reduce billable hours.
Landmark case against financial adviser
The corporate watchdog is making its first use of powers it was given three years ago.
CBA braced for fourth rate rigging case
ASIC wants to settle cases against ANZ, Westpac and NAB, but the spectre of a Royal Commission means they don't.
Trump to cease racist criticism
Donald Trump said he would no longer talk about a Mexican-American judge after a Republican leader said the criticism was textbook racism.
NAB sued by ASIC over rate rigging
National Australia Bank is the third of the big four banks targeted by the regulator for alleged manipulation of the bank bill swap rate.
