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Cudeco class action judge threatens to set trial down if KPMG settlement not finalised
Class Actions 2025-08-19 3:02 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge hearing a class action over the collapse of mining company Cudeco has questioned why, despite an in-principle settlement being reached with auditor KPMG, the parties have not sought to formally dismiss the claim. 

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Court OKs $59M settlement in rate-rigging class action against banks
Class Actions 2025-08-15 11:58 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has signed off on a $59 million settlement in a class action accusing five banks of foreign exchange rate-rigging, while bemoaning the failure of successive attorneys-general to advance reforms clarifying the court’s power to make class closure orders.

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Apple, Google engaged in anti-competitive conduct, says judge
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-08-12 5:24 pm By Cindy Cameronne

In a major win for two class actions and Fortnite maker Epic Games, a judge has found that Apple and Google misused their market power in running app stores and in-app purchase systems.

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Judge ‘troubled’ about binding Coles, Woolworths class actions to ACCC trial findings
Class Actions 2025-08-07 11:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge overseeing class actions against Coles and Woolworths over alleged illusory discounts has raised concerns about a bid to bind group members to findings in similar cases by the ACCC. 

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Ford class action might be destined for High Court again
Class Actions 2025-07-28 11:59 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A defects class action against Ford, which has been on foot since 2016, might end up at the High Court for a second time, a court has heard.

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Werribee shopping centre wants AIG, others added to $356M suit against Probuild
Construction 2025-07-25 11:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The co-owners of the Pacific Werribee shopping centre in Victoria are seeking to join collapsed builder Probuild’s primary insurer AIG and several excess insurers to their case over $356 million in alleged defects.

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Atlantic Nickel can’t dodge new version of mining company’s $1B case
M&A 2025-07-18 11:51 pm By Christine Caulfield

Atlantic Nickel has lost a challenge to further amendments to a case by failed suitor Mining Services International that alleges it lost the opportunity to purchase a Brazilian mine now valued at over $1 billion.

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‘Corporate puffery’: Enviro group attacks Woodside plan for $16.5B Scarborough project
Sophie Molyneux 2025-07-14 11:05 pm By Andy Sidler

Environmental group Doctors for the Environment has slammed Woodside claim that its $16.5 billion Scarborough gas project will have a “de minimus” environmental impact and argues the company’s plan does not allow the regulator to assess its real impact. 

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2025 on track for record number of class actions, but stats don’t tell whole story
Class Actions 2025-07-08 11:35 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Class action filings are set to reach a historic high by the end of 2025 thanks to 19 almost identical class actions brought by junior doctors, according to a new report. Interestingly, shareholder claims are on the rebound.

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Law firm drops competing Coles, Woolworths class actions over discounts
Class Actions 2025-06-30 11:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

One of two law firms running competing class actions against Coles and Woolworths over alleged illusory discounts has bowed out, leaving its rival to pursue the cases for consumers.

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