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Mired in interlocutory skirmishes, protracted BHP class action just got more entangled
BHP wants to appeal a decision giving a class action the OK to fix what a judge accepted was an "inadvertent mistake" that resulted in a ruling -- itself the subject of an appeal -- which limited the group member definition.
SkyCity hit with $67M penalty in AUSTRAC case
A judge has ordered SkyCity to pay a $67 million penalty in AUSTRAC’s case alleging it allowed $4 billion in suspicious transactions, finding it was an "appropriate" sum, even when compared with the $450 million fine handed to Crown last July.
Class action against BHP can amend shareholder group after ‘inadvertent mistake’
The judge overseeing a six-year-old class action against BHP over the collapse of a Brazilian dam has allowed the applicant to retroactively amend the group definition, accepting that a pleading mistake was contrary to the intended class membership in the case.
Medibank can’t ‘have it both ways’ with Deloitte report, class action says
A class action has argued Medibank cannot claim legal professional privilege over three Deloitte reports after disclosing them to reassure the market and customers after a massive 2022 data breach.
Crown Resorts to benefit from class closure and should foot part of the bill, judge says
A judge has ordered Crown Resorts to share the costs of soft class closure with the plaintiff in a shareholder class action accusing it of lax anti-money laundering compliance, saying that soft class closure ahead of mediation was in the interests of both parties. 
Medibank board engaged KWM, Deloitte for review after class action rumours, court told
The chair of the Medibank board has given evidence that he engaged King & Wood Mallesons to commission expert reviews in the wake of a cyberattack, including three reports by Deloitte, after hearing rumours of class action investigations in October 2022. 
Medibank CEO takes stand to shield Deloitte reports from class action
Medibank CEO David Koczkar has taken the stand to help defeat a class action’s bid to uncover several reports, including three by Deloitte, commissioned in the wake of a massive data breach, which the health insurer argues are privileged.
‘Well outside the median range’: Judge questions GCO rate in FleetPartners class action
A judge has expressed concerns about the plaintiff’s proposed group costs order rate in a shareholder class action against fleet management company FleetPartners, saying the purpose of the GCO regime was to lower costs to group members.
BHP fights class action’s bid to augment group after pleading mistake
A five-year-old class action against BHP over the collapse of a Brazilian dam is seeking to amend the group definition following a judgment limiting the class size, but the mining company says it should not be punished for the applicant’s pleading mistake.
‘So what?’ Judge says rate-rigging class action can’t impose views on registration
A judge has ordered soft class closure ahead of mediation in a class action against five major banks over alleged foreign exchange rate-rigging, saying the applicant's subjective view on what will assist mediation should not be imposed on the banks.