In reasons for approving a $41 million deal to settle one of three shareholder class actions over Slater & Gordon’s acquisition of a UK firm […]
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 […]
Westpac has lost a bid to keep group members in the dark about the premiums paid for allegedly worthless consumer credit insurance, information the bank […]
Westpac has objected to several proposed notices going out to group members in a class action over ājunkā consumer credit insurance, which three of the […]
A judge has approved a $41 million settlement in a shareholder class action against Pitcher Partners and has awarded the funder a commission of $11.5 […]
Insurer QBE has settled a class action over ANZ’s sale of allegedly worthless add-on insurance, and the applicants are āhopefulā that the bank and two […]
Defence shipbuilder Austal and its CEO have agreed to pay a combined $700,000 in penalties for violating the Corporations Act by failing to notify the […]
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 […]
A judge has blessed Ernst & Youngās settlement with shareholders in a class action alleging the firm, along with Pitcher Partners, approved an overly rosy […]
A judge has rejected a bid by chain logistics company Brambles to allow two of its US-based witnesses to appear remotely at an upcoming trial […]