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Pitcher Partners wins separate hearing in Titan Interactive liquidator’s case
Pitcher Partners has won its bid for a separate hearing on whether the liquidator of collapsed IT company Titan Interactive is entitled to any relief on its claims the accounting firm breached its duty of care in providing tax advice.
United Petroleum behind ‘misleading’ underpayments campaign against On The Run, court told
Convenience store chain On the Run is mulling proceedings against United Petroleum, which allegedly paid $120,000 to a public relations firm to run a “misleading” ad campaign accusing it of wage theft. 
Pelican Point power station owner scores partial win in case over 2017 blackouts
A judge has rejected the energy regulator's claims that the owner of the Pelican Point power station in Adelaide failed to disclose its complete generator capacity to the energy market operator for months, contributing to rolling blackouts during a 2017 heatwave.
Law firm drops ‘bombshell’, wants settlement in class action after running out of money
A judge has described as "extraordinary" a law firm's argument that the court should approve a $5.8 million settlement in an underpayments class action against the On The Run convenience store chain partly because it ran out of funds to take the case to trial.
On The Run underpayments class action settles for $5.8M
The entity that employs the workforce of the On The Run convenience store chain has agreed to pay $5.8 million to settle a class action accusing it of underpaying over 8,000 workers over a six-year period.
Class action against On The Run wants to drop claims by trainees
Class action claims brought by trainees against convenience store chain On The Run may be discontinued because of high costs and lack of commonality if an application before the Federal Court is successful.
Judge in S&P class actions told to start from scratch with funder’s fee
The amicus hired to assess the funder's cut of a potentially record settlement in several class actions against S&P Global over toxic financial products has told the judge that if he's considering approving a funding equalisation order, he should “start with a blank piece of paper” in calculating a reasonable funder's commission.
Judge slams confidentiality clause in settlement of S&P class actions
The judge weighing a record settlement in multiple class actions against S&P Global over toxic financial products said Tuesday there was "no way" he would sign off on the deal while it stipulated that all funds be returned to the ratings agency in the event the settlement amount is disclosed.