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Oil spill class action funder drops injunction bid against barrister
A litigation funder has abandoned its case seeking to prevent counsel retained by the lead applicant in the settled Montara oil spill class action from providing independent legal advice.
Grant Thornton sued by Quantum Graphite over 14-month trading suspension
Mining company Quantum Graphite has filed proceedings against accounting firm Grant Thornton over a 2020 report that caused the Australian Stock Exchange to suspend trading in the mining company’s securities for 14 months.
JD Group wins partial appeal in couple’s case over $10M off-the-plan apartment
Developer JD Group has scored a partial win in its challenge to a damages award to a Melbourne couple over a “deliberately misleading” rendering of a $9.6 million apartment, with a judge saying the case showed the “inherent risk” in buying apartments off-the-plan.
Chemist Warehouse to stop selling Victoria’s Secret fragrances while lawsuit underway
US lingerie and beauty giant Victoria’s Secret has won undertakings from Chemist Warehouse to stop selling allegedly fake fragrance products until a trade mark suit against the pharmacy giant is decided.
Vanguard hit with penalty for misleading investors about ‘ethical’ fund
Vanguard Investments has coughed up almost $40,000 for allegedly misleading investors about funds that purportedly did not invest in companies that sell or manufacture tobacco.
Corelogic again seeks to block copyright case over data scraping
Property data analytics firm CoreLogic is taking aim again at a lawsuit accusing it of unauthorised scraping of confidential information from building information provider BCI Media’s copyright-protected leads platform, months after a judge found the case was “defective and deficient".
Santos loses appeal over $4.7B Barossa offshore drilling project
Santos has lost its challenge to a judge's decision to revoke approval for its $4.7 billion offshore gas project because Tiwi Islanders were not properly consulted about the project.
A2 Milk class action can pursue NZ claims
A shareholder class action against a2 Milk has won its bid to include claims under New Zealand law over the dairy company's disclosures to the New Zealand stock exchange.
Crikey planned media blitz over Murdoch feud to up subscriptions, court told
News outlet Crikey has handed over internal documents showing its plans to mount a marketing campaign portraying itself as the victim in a “David and Goliath” battle with Fox News CEO Lachlan Murdoch over an allegedly defamatory article about the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, a court has heard.
Law firm launches action against Medibank as raw data released
Medibank faces a representative proceeding over last month's data breach that exposed the sensitive information of millions of customers, as the private health insurer reveals more stolen data was posted online overnight.