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CBA reaches settlement in 7-year-old class action by borrowers
Class Actions 2023-11-24 2:43 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A protracted class action against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia brought by borrowers who claimed they were forced to default on their commercial loans has […]

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Settlement offer not inadmissible in case against law firm, judge says
Professional Negligence 2023-11-24 11:52 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has ruled that a settlement offer made in a case can be adduced into evidence in a construction company’s suit against its former […]

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Firm’s fees in Boston Scientific class action OK’d, 8 months after settlement gets nod
Class Actions 2023-11-24 11:34 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has signed off on almost $7.5 million in fees billed by the law firm behind the pelvic mesh class action against Boston Scientific, […]

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AMP to pay $100M to settle BOLR class action
Class Actions 2023-11-23 1:58 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

AMP has agreed to pay $100 million to settle a class action by financial advisers over its buyer of last resort policy, after suffering a […]

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Mercer Financial hit with $12M penalty for fees-for-no-service conduct
Financial Services 2023-11-23 3:13 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has ordered wealth manager Mercer Financial Advice to pay a $12 million penalty for “extremely serious” fees-for-no-service conduct and breaches of its fee […]

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United class action wants to add commission agents, join parent company
Class Actions 2023-11-23 11:35 am By Christine Caulfield

A franchise class action against United Petroleum has asked a court for leave to expand the class action to include a group of commission agents […]

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ASIC dodges indemnity costs for ‘unreasonable’ rejection of settlement in case against liquidator
Restructuring & Insolvency 2023-11-23 9:21 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

ASIC has escaped an individual insolvency practitioner’s bid for indemnity costs in its failed case alleging illegal phoenix activity, with a judge finding the regulator […]

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Sandoz tries again to invalidate Xarelto patents
Intellectual Property 2023-11-23 11:31 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Novartis unit Sandoz AG has filed an appeal after it was was barred from selling a generic version of top-selling blood clot drug Xarelto and […]

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Phoney Airtasker lawyer wins three-month cut to sentence on appeal
Legal Ethics 2023-11-23 12:32 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has reduced the jail sentence imposed on a Brisbane man who falsely represented he was a lawyer on the Airtasker app, but refused […]

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Bruce Lehrmann went into ‘deep spiral’ after The Project interview aired, court told
Defamation 2023-11-22 9:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Giving testimony during the first day of trial in his case against Network Ten, Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann said he suffered significant mental health […]

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