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Squire Patton Boggs has refused a request by rival Phi Finney McDonald for the details of group members it signed up to its now stayed shareholder class action against GetSwift, a court has learned, in the latest show of resistance by the losing law firm.
An expert witness in an investor class action against Fitch Ratings over toxic financial products is no expert at all, the lead applicant told the court in contesting the admissibility of the expert's evidence.
Vocational education provider Captain Cook College has panned the ACCC for delaying its recently filed case against the college by failing to prepare a statement of claim, despite already publicising the proceedings.
Engineering and infrastructure firm RCR Tomlinson has been put into administration, a few days after being hit with a shareholder class action over $57 million in write-downs on two of its North Queensland solar farms.
Consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser is seeking more information after advertisements for rival AFT Pharmaceuticals' Maxigesic painkiller were found in-store and online despite the court ordering the removal of the misleading displays earlier this month.
Litigation funder Investor Claim Partner won't promise it will maintain a lower commission rate in one of the Dick Smith class actions if mediation is delayed to next year.
A key prospective witness in the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case who has accused the war hero of domestic violence has described "genuine fears" for her mental and physical health if her identity were made public.
Maurice Blackburn and Phi Finney McDonald have sidestepped a competing class action battle in the high-stakes litigation against Commonwealth Bank of Australia over alleged breaches of money laundering laws, with the firms proposing to jointly lead a consolidated class action against the bank.
Australian online retailer Catchoftheday.com.au has lost its challenge to a trade mark proposed by a riva online store, with IP Australia citing a lack of evidence for the retailer's claims and a "total impression of dissimilarity" between the marks.