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‘So what?’ Judge says rate-rigging class action can’t impose views on registration
Class Actions 2024-02-27 9:58 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has ordered soft class closure ahead of mediation in a class action against five major banks over alleged foreign exchange rate-rigging, saying the […]

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‘Don’t you want to know who you’re acting for?’: Judge probes applicant in rate-rigging class action
Class Actions 2024-02-26 4:33 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has questioned the applicant’s opposition to soft class closure in a class action accusing five major banks of rate-rigging, a measure the banks […]

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Slater & Gordon cedes Medibank class action to Baker McKenzie
Class Actions 2023-08-01 10:11 pm By Sam Matthews

Slater and Gordon has agreed to consolidate its data breach class action against Medibank with one brought by Baker McKenzie, after the judge overseeing the […]

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Are the courts really plagued by duplicative class actions?
Analysis 2023-05-15 12:39 pm By Christine Caulfield

A fed-up judge has vented his frustration with the problem of competing class actions in a move that appears to punish the second filed case […]

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‘Plagued with competing class actions’: Judge stays latecomer Medibank case for now
Class Actions 2023-05-12 1:26 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge aggrieved by the “plague” of competing class actions in the courts has temporarily stayed a second data breach class action against Medibank, and […]

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In first beauty parade of its kind, law firms compete to manage $300M J&J settlement
Class Actions 2023-02-16 10:43 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Sixteen law firms and accounting firms have thrown their hat in the ring to administer a $300 million settlement in two class actions against Johnson […]

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Rejected costs report in Woolworths class action got proportionality wrong, judge says
Class Actions 2023-01-10 11:02 pm By Sam Matthews

A costs report in a settled class action against Woolworths that recommended almost $800,000 in legal fee deductions failed to wrestle with a key factor […]

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Judge slashes law firm’s uplift in Box Hill Institute class action
Class Actions 2022-11-30 11:18 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has approved a $33 million settlement in a class action against vocational education provider Box Hill Institute, but taken the ax to a […]

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Trial judge in Brambles class action questions long-term financial forecasts
Trials 2022-08-10 11:50 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge overseeing the trial in a shareholder class action against chain logistics company Brambles has questioned the company’s use of long-term financial forecasts. On […]

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$44.5M Woolworths class action settlement OKd but firm’s fees yet to be approved
Class Actions 2022-08-05 11:45 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has signed off on a $44.5 million settlement of a shareholder class action against Woolworths, which includes a $4.73 million funding commission, but […]

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