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Top 10 class action settlements of 2024
Class Actions 2025-01-03 7:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Class action settlements leaped in value last year, with three settlements topping the $200 million mark.

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‘Considerable disquiet’: Pelvic mesh group members can challenge $405M settlements
Product Liability 2024-12-23 11:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Women who were allegedly injured by defective pelvic mesh implants can apply to set aside two approved settlements against Johnson & Johnson and Boston Scientific worth $405 million.

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Judge rejects sacked Super Retail Group execs’ settlement claims
Employment 2024-12-23 3:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Two Super Retail Group executives’ claims that they were unfairly sacked for making whistleblower complaints will go to trial after they lost their bid to enforce an alleged settlement.

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Johnson & Johnson hit with class action over cold and flu medications
Class Actions 2024-12-20 6:16 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Johnson & Johnson has been hit with a class action for allegedly pushing ineffective cold and flu medications containing phenylephrine onto customers for decades.

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Limitations defences not relevant to new claims in Victoria class actions, court told
Class Actions 2024-12-20 11:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action against Toyota Finance has argued it can add new claims that are out of time because Victorian courts cannot factor in the loss of limitations defences in deciding whether to allow amendments. 

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Landmark $50M settlement over Meta’s Cambridge Analytica scandal
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-12-17 1:34 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Facebook owner Meta has agreed to pay $50 million to settle action by the privacy commissioner over the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

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Qantas to pay $120M to settle ground crew outsourcing case
Employment 2024-12-17 11:52 pm By Christine Caulfield

Qantas has reached an agreement to pay $120 million in compensation to 1,800 ground crew staff who were found to have been illegally sacked.

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Ex-EY partner’s reputation ‘only thing of value to him’, court told
Tax 2024-12-17 4:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An ex-EY partner accused of pocketing $700,000 in commissions in a tax loss scheme wants to vindicate his reputation at trial but is weighing whether to keep his silence, a court has heard.

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Ten, Lisa Wilkinson still locked in dispute over $1.8M in Lehrmann costs
Defamation 2024-12-16 11:06 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Eight months after a judge dismissed a defamation case by Bruce Lehrmann, Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson are still bickering over her $1.8 million legal bill.

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Court rejects ‘misconceived’ bid to expand Reject Shop class action
Class Actions 2024-12-13 11:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has refused a bid to expand the group membership in an underpayments class action against discount retailer The Reject Shop, saying it was based on a misconceived premise. 

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