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Crown Resorts to pay $73M to settle shareholder class action
Class Actions 2025-07-18 11:27 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Casino operator Crown has agreed to pay $73 million over two years to settle a shareholder class action accusing it of lax money laundering compliance, with solicitors set to take home $20 million.

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New Aim loses trade secrets case over employee’s WeChat contacts
Intellectual Property 2025-07-15 11:56 pm By Andy Sidler

A court has knocked back online merchandise importer New Aim’s trade secrets case against a former employee who gave the contact details of the company’s suppliers, stored on his personal phone, to a competitor after jumping ship. 

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No change to Ford class action damages after High Court win
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-06-23 11:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has kept intact a lead applicant’s award of damages in a class action over alleged defective Ford vehicles, following a High Court decision, siding with neither party on what the figure should be.

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BHP class action loses bid to have High Court weigh in on group member definition
High Court 2025-06-16 11:45 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has rejected a special leave application from a shareholder class action against BHP asking it to clarify the correct approach to construing the group member definition.

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McDonald’s, KFC class actions ‘overcomplicating things’ with expert on rest needs, judge says
Class Actions 2025-06-13 11:31 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has expressed doubt about the need for expert evidence in class actions against McDonald’s and KFC over their alleged failure to give workers rest breaks, saying “I imagine if you’re a worker, you’d like a rest”. 

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Medibank’s bid to keep Deloitte reports from class action sent to Full Court
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-06-11 11:35 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has sent to the Full Federal Court Medibank’s fight to shield Deloitte reports into a data breach, raising concerns about how evidence from a solicitor and the health insurer’s inhouse lawyer was previously treated. 

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Worley class action can give its take on Full Court’s approach to loss in CBA case
Appeals 2025-06-03 11:53 pm By Christine Caulfield

Two months after reserving judgment, an appeals court has allowed the Worley class action to reopen the case to offer its take on the relevance of the Full Court’s ruling last month in the CBA class actions.

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$59M settlement reached in rate-rigging class action against banks
Class Actions 2025-05-08 11:30 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A $59 million settlement has been reached in a long-running class action accusing five major banks of foreign exchange rate-rigging.

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Westpac looks to shield Allens chronologies in AUSTRAC class action
Class Actions 2025-04-09 11:09 pm By Andy Sidler

Westpac is arguing timelines prepared by law firm Allens are privileged and should not be handed over in a shareholder class action over its alleged lax compliance with anti-money laundering laws.

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Medibank can’t shield Deloitte reports from data breach class action
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-04-04 11:37 pm By Sam Matthews

Medibank has been ordered to give a class action copies of reports by Deloitte into a massive data breach in October 2022, in a judgment made public on Friday and already facing appeal by the health insurer.

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