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Judge OKs $190M stolen wages class action settlement, says funder’s cut fair
Class Actions 2019-12-19 11:33 pm By Christine Caulfield

Calling it the largest human rights case in Australia’s history, a judge has signed off on a $190 million settlement in a class action against the State of Queensland and approved the funder’s 20 per cent cut of the proceeds.

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Funder of stolen wages class action fights to keep common fund order alive
Class Actions 2019-12-18 11:30 pm By Christine Caulfield

Arguing it shouldn’t be the victim of an “accident of timing”, the funder that bankrolled the landmark stolen wages class action is fighting to save a common fund order granting it 20 per cent of a $190 million settlement in the case, despite a recent High Court judgment shooting down the orders.

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Country Care criminal trial date in jeopardy as defence calls for Full Court review
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-12-18 6:22 pm By Christine Caulfield

A six-week trial scheduled for February in a criminal cartel case against mobile equipment provider Country Care Group could be vacated a second time as lawyers for the defendants seek to appeal the judge’s planned directions to a jury in the groundbreaking case.

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Leyonhjelm used settlement offer to ‘attack’ Sarah Hanson-Young, court hears
Defamation 2019-12-17 10:16 pm By Christine Caulfield

Former senator David Leyonhjelm used a settlement offer as another platform to attack Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young ahead of her win in a defamation case, a court has heard.

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GetSwift shareholder info should be off limits for class action bookbuilding, judge told
Class Actions 2019-12-17 8:13 pm By Christine Caulfield

Contact details of shareholders provided by GetSwift to the firm running a class action should not be used to recruit group members now that the common fund order in the case has been quashed, the logistics company has told a court.

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Appco ‘running out of money’, class action judge hears as fight over insurance docs looms
Employment 2019-12-17 6:05 pm By Christine Caulfield

Fundraising company Appco has told a judge overseeing a $90 million sham contracting class action it is “running out of money” and wants to mediate the dispute as soon as possible.

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Disqualified exec loses case that forwarded ASIC email doesn’t count as service
ASIC 2019-12-16 11:52 pm By Christine Caulfield

An email from the corporate regulator forwarded to a Perth businessman by his lawyer constituted proper notification that the executive had been disqualified, an appeals court has ruled in tossing a challenge to the method of service.

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Google slams ACCC’s ‘artificial and incorrect’ case over location data disclosures
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-12-16 8:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

Google has come out in defence of its privacy disclosures to Android mobile users in the face of landmark legal action by the ACCC, saying the consumer regulator’s allegations of misleading conduct rely on an “artificial and incorrect” account of the way it informs users of the collection and use of personal location data.

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‘Haircut’ by law firm, funder in Forge class action settlement appropriate, judge says
Class Actions 2019-12-16 6:13 pm By Christine Caulfield

A self-imposed cap on legal fees and a reduced funding cut of a $16.5 million settlement in a class action against failed construction company Forge Group was the right call by the law firm and the funder behind the case, a judge has said in his reasons for approving the deal.

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Asahi’s $16B takeover of CUB gets frosty reception by ACCC
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-12-12 11:15 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has raised concerns about Asahi’s proposed $16 billion acquisition of Carlton & United Breweries, saying the deal would likely reduce competition in the cider market and could also impact on the beer market.

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