Class Actions

Uber to pay $272M to settle taxi driver class action

On the eve of trial, rideshare giant Uber has agreed to pay $271.8 million to settle a five-year-old class action brought by taxi and hire car drivers in four states over the introduction of UberX.

HWL Ebsworth Lawyers

HWL Ebsworth managing partner Juan Martinez dies suddenly

Juan Martinez, managing partner of Australia's largest firm by partner count, died suddenly on Monday from a "medical issue".

Cryptocurrency

Liquidators may have $43M in claims against Blockchain exec, judge says

A judge has declined to set aside a travel ban against a former director of collapsed cryptocurrency platform Blockchain Global, noting that the company’s liquidators […]

Business of Law

McCullough Robertson dodges indemnity costs in spat with client over $237,000 bill

McCullough Robertson has avoided a client’s bid for indemnity costs despite a judge’s finding the law firm waited an “inordinate” amount of time to withdraw a statutory demand for payment of a $237,000 legal bill. 

White Collar

Ex-Continental Coal secretary gets jail time for stealing, forgery

A former company secretary of defunct mining and exploration company Continental Coal will spend at least 2 years in jail after pleading guilty to three criminal charges, including stealing $2.2 million and forging a bank statement.

Trials

Apple CEO called App Store an ‘economic miracle’, court hears in Epic Games trial

Apple has made exceptional profits skimming a 30 per cent commission from sales on its app store, dubbed by the tech giant's CEO an "economic miracle", Epic Games has said on the first day of trial in a landmark competition case.

Employment

‘I worked like a navvy’: Judge slams TWU for eleventh hour claim against Qantas

A judge has chided the Transport Workers Union for announcing at the start of trial that it intends to seek lost union dues from Qantas, as a hearing kicked off over the amount of compensation the airline owes to ground crew, whose jobs were illegally outsourced at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Class Actions

Carriage fight on the cards as third IC Markets class action filed

A third law firm has filed a class action against International Capital Markets, after failing to reach an agreement on joining forces with two other firms that have agreed to consolidate their competing class actions against the Sydney broker over risky contracts for difference.

Employment

Judge grills law firm on proposal to up costs cap in Hays class action settlement

A settlement of up to $1.325 million in an employment class action against labour hire firm Hays Specialist Recruitment has been approved, but a proposal by the applicant's law firm to increase a promised limit on costs in order to resolve a row with a funder has drawn a judge's ire.

Defamation

Pesutto to face more defamation suits by organisers of anti-trans rally

Victorian Liberal Party leader John Pesutto is facing the threat of two more defamation suits by organisers of last year's anti-trans 'Let Women Speak' rally, which was crashed by neo-Nazis.

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