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Radio Rentals, AIG to pay $29M to settle ‘Rent, Try, Buy’ class action
Radio Rentals and its insurer, AIG, have reached a $29 million settlement in a consumer class action alleging the company pushed misleading 'Rent, Try, $1 Buy' leases onto vulnerable customers.
Lindsay Fox, Max Beck lose high-stakes valuation case over Essendon Airport
Billionaire Lindsay Fox and property magnate Max Beck have lost a dispute over the valuation of land at their jointly operated Essendon Airport, with a judge siding with the Federal Government's method that calculated the site's value at $349 million, not $7.1 million as claimed by their expert.
Radio Rentals, AIG ‘very close’ to settling consumer class action, court hears
A consumer class action against Radio Rentals over its 'Rent, Try, $1 Buy' scheme is "very close" to settling, a court heard Monday, with just a few more days required to negotiate a final agreement.
Aristocrat goes head to head with IP Australia over patentability of slot machine
Gaming giant Aristocrat Technologies told a court that if its Lightning Link slot machine was a physical game there would be no doubt about its patentability, as trial kicked off Monday in another case that is pushing back on IP Australia's stance on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions.
Credit Suisse unit can’t strike out pleadings in investors’ case over MINIs
A Credit Suisse unit has lost a bid to strike out portions of a case launched by a group of investors over financial products known as MINI warrants, with a judge saying the claims were not untenable as argued.
Lawyers breached duty to client with ‘sharply’ conflicting interests, appeals court rules
A Sydney law firm has been ordered to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation and restitution for breach of its fiduciary duties, after a former client successfully appealed a conflict of interest case.
Lloyd’s says court has no power to let Pitcher Partners class actions eyeball insurance policies
Two units of global insurer Lloyd's have launched a constitutional challenge to a Federal Court order requiring accounting firm Pitcher Partners to hand over certain insurance documents in two shareholder class actions.
Funder booted from Banksia class action settlement scheme after intimidation claims
A judge has removed the funder and law firm leading the Banksia Securities class action from their roles supervising a proposed settlement distribution scheme after the funder was accused of intimidation, a lack of experience and charging excessive costs.
Crown can appeal ruling that freed Chinese employees to talk to lawyers
Crown Resorts has been given the greenlight to challenge a court order allowing former employees to talk to lawyers for a class action over its business in China, but the class has another chance to make its case that the ruling should stand.
Third judge in Norton Rose ex-partner dispute refuses to step down amid accusations of ‘absurdly obtuse’ bias
The third judge assigned to oversee a lawsuit filed against law firm Norton Rose Fulbright by a former partner has refused to recuse himself on the grounds of apprehended bias, despite being accused of behaviour that was “grossly disrespectful”, “absurdly obtuse” and “fundamentally lacking in logic”.