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Judge warns against blanket confidentiality claims in settlement approval applications
Class Actions 2023-08-08 1:41 pm By Sam Matthews

The judge asked to approve a settlement in a class action against retirement village provider Aveo has sent a shot across the bow to law […]

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Oil spill class action firm wins settlement hearing fees, including bill for tax advice
Class Actions 2023-07-25 5:38 pm By Christine Caulfield

Despite a judge’s complaint that class action costs are generally “out of control”, the law firm that secured a $192.5 million settlement and earned about […]

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Uber class actions win orders barring unregistered group members from settlement
Class Actions 2023-07-24 5:30 pm By Christine Caulfield

Uber and the applicants in class actions against the car service will head into mediation later this year, and only group members who sign up […]

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Misconduct exception doesn’t apply in Uber class action privilege fight
Class Actions 2023-06-30 11:52 am By Sam Matthews

In the latest skirmish over documents in two class actions, Uber has mostly won a bid to shield almost 150 documents on the grounds of […]

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7 years in and counting, Worley class action ‘needs finality’: judge
Class Actions 2023-06-20 2:47 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has declined to hear an interlocutory stoush about the scope of a shareholder class action against engineering company Worley before an upcoming trial, […]

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Costs in class actions getting ‘out of control’, judge says
Class Actions 2023-06-16 10:52 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge overseeing a $192.5 million settlement in an oil spill class action against PTTEP Australia on behalf of Indonesian seaweed farmers has balked at […]

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With no funder, Colonial class action members better off by up to $12M, court finds
Class Actions 2023-05-16 4:53 pm By Christine Caulfield

Customers of wealth manager Colonial First State were $10 million to $12 million better off without a  litigation funder in a class action over the […]

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Opal Tower class action funder’s appeal of cuts to commission falls flat
Class Actions 2023-05-12 11:13 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

An appeals court has shot down funder Augusta’s challenge to a decision that cut its commission in the Opal Tower class action, putting funders on […]

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Firm must compete to administer $192.5M PTTEP class action settlement
Class Actions 2023-03-22 9:05 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The law firm that ran a class action over the 2009 Montara oil spill must compete to administer a $192.5 million settlement, with a judge […]

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Opal Tower class members could do ‘simple arithmetic’, funder says in appeal of cuts to commission
Appeals 2023-03-14 10:25 pm By Sam Matthews

The funder in the Opal Tower class action has appealed a judge’s decision to slash its commission for not disclosing proposed deductions from the settlement […]

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