Class Actions
Meta faces second class action probe over social media addiction
Meta is facing a second class action investigation after the company's multibillion-dollar settlement in the US over claims it designed its social media platforms to increase the risk of user addiction.
Class Actions
NT police racism class action ‘far from straightforward’, court told
The Northern Territory has foreshadowed a strike-out application in a "far from straightforward" class action alleging racial discrimination against Aboriginal Community Police Officers over decades.
Competition & Consumer Protection
Realestate.com.au to remove restrictive contract terms amid ACCC concerns
Listings site realestate.com.au will no longer require agents to provide it with all or most of their listings, after the ACCC expressed concerns this stymied its competitors and limited customer choice.
Competition & Consumer Protection
Arrotex can’t back up iron supplement claims, lawsuit alleges
The maker of Maltofer iron supplements is suing Arrotex over ads that claim its Ferro-grad C iron supplement is faster acting and reduces the risk of constipation.
Business of Law
Ashurst Perkins Coie hires private capital partner from HSF Kramer
Growing its global private capital team, Ashurst Perkins Coie has lured a senior funds partner from Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer to join its corporate practice in Melbourne.
Defamation
Luke Sayers apologises, settles defamation case by ex-wife
Former Carlton president and PwC boss Luke Sayers has reached a settlement in his ex-wife's defamation case over an explicit photo, apologising to Cate Sayers in court on Friday.
Courts
Class action, product liability silk appointed to Victorian Supreme Court
A new judge has joined the Victorian Supreme Court bench, after 28 years at the bar where he acted on product liability class actions, including a case against Monsanto over allegedly carcinogenic weed killer.
Securities
Dr LeWinn’s maker McPherson’s launches appeal in ASIC action
Beauty brand McPherson's and its former boss are challenging the regulator's win in a case over disclosures related to sales forecasts for the company's Dr LeWinn's skincare range.
ASIC
ASIC alleges Keystone’s Chiodo used property fund to pay legal fees
Former Keystone Asset Management director Paul Chiodo has agreed not to raise money for his property fund Royce Capital after ASIC alleged the fund was secretly being used to cover his legal fees in the regulator’s enforcement action.
AI
NSW Chief Justice warns of AI ‘digital divide’
NSW's highest judge has championed emotional intelligence over artificial intelligence in the legal profession, while warning of a growing "digital divide" between publicly available AI and bespoke models.
