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BHP fights class action’s bid to augment group after pleading mistake
Class Actions 2024-03-25 9:58 pm By Sam Matthews

A five-year-old class action against BHP over the collapse of a Brazilian dam is seeking to amend the group definition following a judgment limiting the […]

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Franchisee class action against Hog’s Breath Cafe thrown out
Class Actions 2024-01-30 5:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has dismissed a franchisee class action against the Hog’s Breath Cafe restaurant chain after the lead applicants failed to hand over $1.23 million […]

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BHP class action fights ruling limiting group size
Appeals 2023-11-28 1:44 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A class action against BHP over the collapse of a Brazilian dam has appealed a judgment that found shareholders who did not purchase their stock […]

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BHP shareholders from secondary platforms not part of class action, court says
Class Actions 2023-11-03 11:46 pm By Christine Caulfield

BHP has won its argument that shareholders who did not purchase their stock while trading on one of the three exchanges on which the mining […]

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BHP says investors from secondary platforms can’t be in class action
Class Actions 2023-10-18 3:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne

BHP has argued that investors who bought shares through secondary platforms are excluded from a long-running shareholder class action over a failed Brazilian dam, a […]

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Hog’s Breath class action ‘can’t be left in abeyance forever’, judge says
Class Actions 2023-06-05 4:22 pm By Gareth Baker

A judge has warned against a franchisee class action against Hogs Breath Cafe Australia remaining in limbo after the restaurant chain’s bid to toss the […]

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‘Scandalous episode of corporate misconduct’: Judge OKs $1M GetSwift class action settlement
Securities 2023-02-02 3:41 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has approved a $1 million settlement in a shareholder class action against failed tech start-up GetSwift that leaves the law firm running the […]

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‘Disastrous’ GetSwift class action settlement revised down to $1M
Class Actions 2022-12-20 4:47 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A $1.5 million class action settlement against failed logistics provider GetSwift, which a judge termed a “disaster”, has been revised down to $1 million and […]

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GetSwift liquidators flag challenge to settlement in ‘disastrous’ class action
Class Actions 2022-11-17 4:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Liquidators of failed tech company GetSwift have foreshadowed an objection to a $1.5 million settlement going to shareholders in a class action that a judge […]

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GetSwift class action applicant must ‘bite the bullet’, judge says
Class Actions 2022-11-04 5:15 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge overseeing a shareholder class action against the now failed GetSwift has urged the applicant to decide soon if he will forge ahead with […]

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