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Abandoned soccer match between Scottish rivals spawns $3M suit
Sports 2022-11-29 3:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Australian sports promoters TEG Live and Left Field Live have sued Scottish football team the Rangers for at least $3 million after the club allegedly backed out of a Sydney match with rival Celtic.

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Ashurst to open office in South Korea
Business of Law 2022-11-29 10:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Ashurst will open an office in Seoul through after a joint venture with a local firm won approval in a legal market first.

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Judge slashes Opal Tower funder’s cut of class action settlement
Class Actions 2022-11-28 11:35 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has approved a confidential settlement in a class action on behalf of 383 apartment owners in Sydney’s Opal Tower but slashed the amount sought by the funder.

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Payday lender resists ASIC push for injunction, citing fear of contempt
Financial Services 2022-11-28 11:02 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Payday lenders BHF Solutions and Cigno are fighting ASIC’s bid for an injunction barring them from breaching consumer credit laws, with BHF claiming it should not be exposed to contempt.

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Government ditches ‘costs neutrality’ model in Respect at Work bill
Policy and Regulation 2022-11-25 4:23 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Albanese government has removed provisions from sex harassment legislation that passed the senate on Friday which would have forced parties to bear their own costs in harassment litigation, after dozens of lawyers expressed “deep concern”.

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Sports betting class action may drop remaining claims against lawyer
Class Actions 2022-11-25 5:49 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The lead applicant in a class action on behalf of investors who sank $12.3 million into an allegedly fraudulent sports betting scheme run by convicted conman Peter Foster may drop the case after a partner in the scheme filed for bankruptcy.

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Judge asks if tiered contingency fee ‘meaningless’ in Crown class action
Class Actions 2022-11-24 11:35 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has questioned a tiered contingency fee arrangement in a proposed group costs order by the law firm running a shareholder class action against Crown, asking whether the lower-end percentages were “meaningless”.

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Purdue unit sued over patent extension for opioid Targin
Intellectual Property 2022-11-24 11:53 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Australian pharmaceutical company AUPharma has sued the international arm of Purdue, alleging it was wrongly granted patent extensions for several oxycodone products marketed as Targin. 

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Law firms ordered to join forces in Blue Sky, EY class action
Class Actions 2022-11-23 10:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has ordered two law firms that filed competing shareholder class actions against failed Blue Sky Alternative Investments and auditor EY to team up to run a consolidated proceeding, despite opposition by one firm.

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WA government will try to snuff out Clive Palmer’s $30B lawsuit
Dominic Villa 2022-11-23 5:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The West Australian government has flagged a bid to scuttle mining magnate Clive Palmer’s latest lawsuit claiming he can sue the state for up to $30 billion over mining tenements in the Pilbara.

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