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Crypto class action members ‘wholly unprotected’ by self-repped applicant, Meta says
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-02-02 11:20 pm By Christine Caulfield

Arguing the interests of the self-represented applicant and group members are in conflict, Meta and Google are urging a court to shut down a class […]

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Ex-Nuix director wants class action shelved until ASIC case wraps up
Class Actions 2023-02-02 4:12 pm By Sam Matthews

A former Nuix director has made a bid to stay a shareholder class action, which accuses the software company of failing to alert the market […]

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Judge asks GetSwift GC why he didn’t call out directors for being ‘bullies’
Securities 2023-01-31 8:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has grilled the former general counsel of defunct logistics company GetSwift about why he did not confront the company’s directors for “bullying” other […]

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Class action settlements that came under fire in 2022
Class Actions 2023-01-25 11:21 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Courts stepped up their scrutiny of class action settlements in 2022, with judges grappling with difficult issues such as funding commissions in employment cases and […]

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Sportsbet wins anti-suit injunction against US case by sportsbet.com owner
Gaming 2023-01-12 11:49 am By Sam Matthews

Sportsbet has won an injunction preventing the owner of the sportsbet.com domain from prosecuting an action in the US, which a judge said sought to […]

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Judge OKs Sims class action settlement, says funder can have commission and ATE insurance
Class Actions 2023-01-11 3:46 pm By Christine Caulfield

After initial qualms, a judge has signed off on a $29.5 million settlement in a class action against recycling company Sims that includes a “staggering” […]

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Law firm must compete to administer $300M J&J class action settlement
Business of Law 2023-01-10 3:49 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has opened the administration of a $300 million settlement in a pelvic mesh class action to a competitive bidding process, shortly after another judge […]

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Top 10 class action settlements of 2022
Top 10 Class Action Settlements 2023-01-06 3:23 pm By Sam Matthews

Class action settlement sums reached new highs last year, with the ten largest agreements totalling almost $1 billion, almost half of which was secured by […]

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Judge sprays Shine’s ‘left field’ bid to kick rival off Blue Sky, EY class action
Class Actions 2022-12-21 4:24 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has rejected Shine Lawyers’ second bid to challenge a court order that it join forces with rival Banton Group in an investor class […]

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Class action by NSW local councils against insurer JLT dismissed by court
Insurance 2022-12-19 4:58 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has thrown out a long-running class action on behalf of 20 local councils in NSW alleging insurer JLT Risk Solutions charged them hundreds […]

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