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A judge has slugged the Australia Workers' Union with a $148,100 fine for artificially boosting member numbers in what he said was a "serious departure" from the record-keeping standards required by registered organisations under the Fair Work Act.
An error in an opt out notice sent to motorists eligible to sign up for a class action over allegedly defective diesel filters in Toyota vehicles has left a class action law firm on the hook for indemnity costs to cover a new notice to group members.
A former QRx Pharma director's prediction that shareholders would not receive "anything of consequence" from a class action settlement has proven true, with only a small slice of the $7 million settlement expected to go to shareholders.
In airing a ‘7:30' segment that revealed racehorses were being slaughtered in violation of industry rules, the ABC acted with malice in what was a "set up" designed to make the head of Racing NSW "look bad", a court has heard.
Insurance policies that may be worth up to $46 million and have derailed settlement approval in two class actions against sandalwood producer Quintis were "cobbled together" and contained errors and omissions, a court has heard.
Two competing shareholder class actions against global winemaker and distributor Treasury Wine Estates over an earnings downgrade in January this year should be consolidated, and a judge should pick just one law firm to run the case, a court has heard.
The company that makes Wicked Sister desserts has suffered a defeat in its trade mark battle against the maker of Wicked dipping sauces, with a judge removing some of its trade marks from the register.
Communications and technical services company BSA Limited has slammed as "opportunistic" an employment class action by allegedly underpaid technicians, saying the media was informed of the proceedings before it was.
Health booking company HealthEngine has urged the court to accept a $2.9 million penalty for deleting and altering unfavourable reviews, telling a judge that it did not know the behaviour was against the law.
A judge has accused the parties in a class action against ANZ over the sale of allegedly worthless insurance of “putting their pens down” and failing to advance the case until a strike out application is resolved.