Accountability at the top: Corporate governance signals following ASIC v Star
What happened On 5 March 2026, the Federal Court of Australia (Court) delivered a landmark liability judgment in Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Bekier [2026] FCA 196 (Star Case). The case — the culmination of a protracted civil penalty proceeding commenced by the corporate watchdog in 2022 — examined the conduct of senior executives, […]