A judge has largely approved the funder’s commission and legal fees to be deducted from a $192.5 million settlement of a class action against oil company PTTEP, despite the costs halving the amount to go to group members.
A judge has dismissed Uber’s application to trim down a class action brought by taxi and hire car drivers in four states over the introduction of UberX, finding that cutting claims related to the hire care driver group would cause “real prejudice”.
Uber wants to trim a class action by taxi and hire drivers in four states over the introduction of UberX, saying the case lacks coherence.
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 action accusing the digital giants of breaching competition law by banning cryptocurrency ads on their platforms.
The ACCC’s rejection of a regional network arrangement between Telstra and TPG was “confusing” and the telecos might be free to vary the transaction, says a judge who is overseeing a challenge to the competition regulator’s decision.
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 of millions of dollars in excessive premiums over nine years.
The ACCC has lost proceedings accusing Google of duping millions of Australians into agreeing to expand the scope of personal information the tech giant could collect and combine for use in targeted advertising.
A judge has hit Alkaloids of Australia with a nearly $2 million penalty for engaging in cartel conduct and sentenced its former export manager to a term of imprisonment for his involvement in fixing prices for a key chemical in anti-spasmodic drug Buscopan.
A judge has approved a confidential settlement in a class action on behalf of 383 apartment owners in Sydney’s Opal Tower but slashed the amount sought by the funder.
Apple has foreshadowed a challenge in the event two law firms seek to work together on a consolidated class action that alleges both Apple and Google engaged in anti-competitive conduct in operating their app stores.