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The families of asylum seekers who died in the 2010 Christmas Island boat crash have lost an appeal of a ruling that dismissed their class action against Australia.
An independent expert panel who will determine a 'Best in Show' shortlist of super funds would take over from unions and employers in controlling Australia's default superannuation system as part of a major overhaul of the $2.7 trillion industry recommended Thursday.
A judge has rejected an application by auto electronics maker Redarc Group for an injunction in a case against rival B8 Systems over an innovation patent for its flagship vehicle brake controller, despite its strong case of infringement.
Generic drug maker Sandoz is challenging a ruling that it infringed a patent behind Lundbeck's blockbuster antidepressant Lexapro, reviving a 15-year fight over the lucrative intellectual property.
A judge who signed off on a contested $36.5 million settlement to resolve a $1 billion class action against Slater & Gordon has explained his reasons a year later, saying the "unusual" deal flowed from the law firm's "dire financial situation".
The corporate watchdog has released proposed reforms to fees and costs disclosure requirements for superannuation and managed investment schemes, and the rules would require disclosures that "simplify" how information is presented to consumers.
A judge has allowed an assessment of Gadens' legal costs in a dispute with a client over $665,000 in fees, saying while the application had been filed out of time, the law firm seemed to have done "little by way of compliance" with its costs disclosure obligations.
A man charged with contempt of court for failing to hand over infringing products in a trade mark case won by electrical goods manufacturer Clipsal Australia gets six more months to pay his outstanding fine, or he goes to jail.
A challenge to the legality of common fund orders, an appeal to the High Court over the power of judges to stay competing cases, one of the first judgments in a shareholder class action and reform proposals promise to make 2019 another action-packed year in class actions. Here, experts give their predictions for the class action landscape this year.
Adero Law has filed class actions against labour hire companies Hays and Stellar Personnel on behalf of casual miners who allege they were entitled to accrued leave, on the eve of what's expected to be a banner year for employment class actions in Australia.