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First common fund order granted in the wake of High Court ruling
A judge has made a common fund order in approving a $3 million settlement in a class action against mortgage lending and investment company RMBL, the first common fund order granted since the High Court shot down these orders in the early stages of class actions.
Judges’ schedules to be cleared as court expedites Johnson & Johnson pelvic mesh appeal
The top judge of the Federal Court plans to clear the schedules of three judges at the start of next year so they can hear and decide Johnson & Johnson's challenge of a class action ruling that found its pelvic mesh devices were defective and awarded the lead applicants $2.6 million in damages.
Domino’s Pizza delivered date to strike out class action claims
A date has been set in Domino’s bid to strike out parts of the statement of claim in a class action alleging franchisees underpaid thousands of workers across Australia for five years.
Class action says AMP wielding ‘threat’ of strike out application
Repeated suggestions of a planned strike out application are being used as a "threat" by four AMP subsidiaries and two trustees in a consolidated class action over allegedly excessive superannuation fees, a court has heard.
Google likely to be forced to turn over reviewer’s ID to lawyer Zarah Garde-Wilson
Global search giant Google will likely be forced to hand over details of an online reviewer’s identity to gangland lawyer Zarah Garde-Wilson so she can pursue defamation and misleading and deceptive conduct claims against the reviewer, which she alleges is a rival law firm.
Class mulls options for talking to jailed Crown employees after appeals court defeat
The lead applicant in a shareholder class action against Crown Resorts is considering alternative options for examining 18 former jailed employees after an appeals court found communication with the employees was impermissible given confidentiality agreements they had with Crown.
Mark Elliott’s firm has fees cut by ’embarrassing’ $2M as Murray Goulburn settlement approved
A judge has signed off on a $37.5 million Murray Goulburn class action settlement but slashed $2 million in legal costs sought by Mark Elliott's law firm, which is running the case.
‘Free the flag’: Copyright dispute over Aboriginal flag looms
A company that holds the copyright for the Aboriginal flag may file a lawsuit against a website that sells flags featuring the design with the words 'Free the flag' in the middle.
AFT loses challenge to ruling over ‘misleading’ Maxigesic ads
AFT Pharmaceuticals has lost its challenge to a ruling that ads claiming its painkiller Maxigesic is more effective than Nuremol were misleading and deceptive, with the Full Federal Court saying the primary judge did not err in finding the ads lacked an adequate scientific basis.
Melbourne brothel wants order compelling Google to release info on anonymous reviewers
Google has been hit with a third preliminary discovery lawsuit seeking the identity of online reviewers, this time by a Melbourne brothel and escort service seeking to eliminate 11 one-star reviews from the search engine.