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Lawyers, funder to seek 75% of AMP’s $29M class action settlement
The lawyers and funder behind a settled class action against AMP will ask a court to OK fees and commission totalling almost $22 million, a bill that leaves just $7 million for group members but represents a $43 million loss on actual costs.
Price-fixing parties should have met ‘without bread and water’ until conferral complete: judge
A judge has scolded the parties in a price-fixing case against Downer EDI's Spotless and Ventia for not conferring long enough to finalise critical documents ahead of trial, saying he should have ordered they stay in a room "without bread and water" until the task was complete.
Class action wants to filter GM data after ‘inadequate’ discovery
After waiting a year for discovery, a class action over allegedly faulty transmissions in Holden cars plans to ask the court to allow it to filter General Motors' data itself.
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CS Energy wants judge to recuse himself from $1B fight with IG Power
A "practice of prudence" required a judge to recuse himself from a $1 billion lawsuit over the Callide power station, CS Energy said Monday.
Group members to get just 23% in ‘likely to fail’ CommInsure class action 
A judge has approved a $22.5 million settlement in a class action against two former CBA wealth management units, under which group members will receive just $5.12 million and the lawyers and funder will receive the lion’s share.
ACCC wins ‘subscriptions trap’ suit against eHarmony
In a win for the ACCC, a judge has found online dating site eHarmony misled consumers about automatic subscription renewals and its free plan, which the judge found imposed restrictions that were incompatible with the idea of 'dating'. 
Class action to get less than half of $22.5M CommInsure settlement
A judge will approve deductions that will leave less than half of a $22.5 million class action settlement against two former CBA wealth management units left over for distribution to group members.
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CS Energy wants judge to recuse himself from $1B suit over Callide station
CS Energy wants a judge to recuse himself from hearing IG Power's $1 billion lawsuit over "catastrophic" incidents at the Callide coal-fired power station in Queensland in light of an earlier judgment in proceedings by the Australian Energy Regulator.
High Court asked to rule on test for whistleblower protections
The High Court has been asked to rule on whether a subjective belief that misconduct has been disclosed is necessary for the whistleblower protections to apply.
Cosette says Mayne backfilled sales estimates to meet $69.8M forecast
Kicking off its appeal of a finding that it couldn't walk away from a $672 million merger agreement with Mayne Pharma, US drug company Cosette has told a court that Mayne was not upfront about its financial position prior to the deal.