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Arasor class action applicant can’t dodge funder’s legal bill after ‘shambolic’ handling of side dispute
The lead applicant in a settled shareholder class action against technology company Arasor can't dodge funder International Litigation Partners' costs, which it was ordered to pay after a judge rejected its "shambolic" attempts to be heard over a $1.2 million personal expenses dispute with the funder.
High Court won’t hear Auctus appeal over $2.3M R&D tax refund mistake
Auctus Resources will not be able to hang on to a $2.3 million R&D tax offset refund which the Full Court found was paid by mistake, after the High Court turned down its special leave application.
Apple asks High Court to undo ‘radical’ Epic Games decision
The Full Federal Court took a "radical" and unorthodox approach with far-reaching consequences by keeping Apple's competition dispute with Fortnite game maker Epic Games in Australia, the Silicon Valley giant has told the High Court.
Judge blasts ‘absurd’ terms in pelvic mesh class action settlement offer
A judge has slammed an "absurd" class action settlement offer made by pelvic mesh device maker Astora Women's Health that would require Shine Lawyers to provide the company with indemnities, saying "no rational judge" would approve it.
OAIC launches investigation into Optus data breach
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner is investigating whether Optus breached privacy law after the telco wrongly published customers’ personal details in the White Pages in 2019.
Funder wants Full Court to throw out landmark class action ruling
The funder backing a class action accusing two energy generators of gaming Queensland's energy prices wants the Full Court to find the landmark Brookfield Multiplex ruling, which held that a litigation funding arrangement for a class action was a managed investment scheme, was wrongly decided.
Australia Post settles with Christine Holgate for $1M
Australia Post has agreed to pay former CEO Christine Holgate $1 million after the company's board ordered her to stand down last year for spending $20,000 on Cartier watches for employees.
Government hit with climate lawsuit over NSW logging agreement
The Commonwealth has been hit with a lawsuit alleging it failed to take climate change into account when it renewed an agreement with NSW for logging in the coastal areas between Sydney and Queensland in 2018.
Full Court should decide whether Qld energy class action is managed investment scheme, court told
The Full Court should determine whether a class action accusing two state-owned energy generators of gaming Queensland's energy pricing system needs to comply with regulations requiring litigation funders to register class actions as managed investment schemes, a court has been told.
Prospect of longer COVID-19 lockdown stalls Ben Roberts-Smith trial
Trial in war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith's defamation case over articles accusing him of war crimes has been adjourned until November in light of the current COVID-19 lockdown in Sydney, which a judge noted could be extended beyond the month of August.