Settlement

A judge has approved a $55 million settlement in an underpayments class action against budget grocery chain Aldi on behalf of workers who were allegedly denied pay for work done before and after shifts.

A court has approved a $125 million settlement in the class action over Victoria's botched hotel quarantine program, and has largely signed off on the plaintiff's firm proposed contingency fee.

A court has signed off on a $28.1 million settlement in an immigration detention class action against the Commonwealth, including nearly $11 million in costs for the firm that ran the case.

In a change of heart, a judge has appointed two barristers to act as contradictors in argument over the funder's proposed $244 million cut of a record $750 million settlement in two Toyota class actions.

The litigation funder that bankrolled two class actions against Toyota, which settled this month for a record $750 million, faces a grilling by the Federal Court over its proposed commission -- the largest payout ever sought in an Australian class action.

A settlement has been reached in a class action brought on behalf of 120 Liberal candidates who were ineligible for election after the party missed the nomination deadline.

Adelaide-based Mayne Pharma Group has settled its dispute with generic drug maker Teva Pharmaceuticals over patents covering hormone replacement drug IMVEXXY.

A judge said Tuesday a costs referee’s report did not give an “adequate basis” for $13 million in fees sought by a law firm behind a settled class action against Qantas over COVID-era flight cancellations.

A judge has said he has no issues with a $55 million settlement resolving a union’s underpayments class action against grocery chain Aldi for workers who were allegedly denied pay for pre- and post-shift work.

Former Today host Karl Stefanovic has reached a settlement in a dispute with his former business partner, with Stefanovic buying out her stake in their podcast business for an undisclosed amount.