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Judge questions need for confidentiality in toxic foam class action settlement
The Federal Court judge overseeing three class actions against the Commonwealth of Australia over allegedly toxic firefighting foam has questioned the terms of the in-principle settlement reached last week, including whether the settlement amount should remain confidential. 
ACCC says court must shut down Garuda appeal for ‘deliberate and willful’ $19M fine dodge
The ACCC has asked for an interim stay of an appeal by Indonesian airline Garuda, which has yet to pay a $19 million penalty for airline price fixing, telling the court it wanted to give the company another chance to explain its "entirely exceptional" non-compliance.
Otsuka, Bristol-Myers can withdraw admissions in Abilify damages case
A judge has granted a request by Otsuka and Bristol-Myers Squibbs to withdraw admissions in proceedings brought by Generic Health seeking damages, after the generic drug maker was temporarily blocked from selling a generic version of antipsychotic Abilify in a patent dispute in which it ultimately triumphed.
Judge shoots down Advanta Seeds’ bid for names of signed class action members
Farmers in a class action against Advanta Seeds over allegedly contaminated sorghum have defeated a bid by the company to hand over a list of all group members who have signed funding agreements to join the case.
BP worker fired over Hitler parody video to be reinstated after win on appeal
A refinery worker sacked by BP over a parody Hitler video has won his job back after a Fair Work Commission appeals panel overturned a prior decision upholding his dismissal, finding that the clip he shared was not offensive or inappropriate.
ANZ and Westpac hit with junk insurance class actions
Slater and Gordon has expanded its Get Your Insurance Back campaign, launching class actions against ANZ and Westpac over allegedly worthless consumer credit insurance, just three months after it reached a $49.5 million settlement with NAB in a class action over similar insurance.
‘I never liked common fund orders anyway’: Judge gives thumbs up to High Court ruling
A  judge overseeing a shareholder class action against collapsed engineering group RCR Tomlinson has said goodbye to the common fund order in the case while welcoming last year's High Court decision preventing these orders from being made at the early stage in class actions.
ASIC wins unconscionable conduct case against OTC derivatives issuer AGM Markets
ASIC has notched up a win against derivative issuer AGM Markets and two of its authorised representatives, with a court finding they engaged in misleading, deceptive and unconscionable conduct that caused investor losses of over $30 million.
Combustible cladding class action gets makeover
The lead applicant in a class action over allegedly combustible cladding has been ordered to immediately pay the defendants' costs that were thrown away by amended pleadings that bring a "substantially new case", over a year after the high-stakes case was filed.
Head of NSW Racing claims ABC story on racehorse slaughter defamed him
The head of Racing NSW has hit the ABC with a defamation lawsuit over a '7:30' segment that revealed racehorses were being slaughtered in violation of industry rules.