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McDonald’s opposes ‘skewed’ employee samples in underpayments class action
Class Actions 2024-07-22 3:06 pm By Cindy Cameronne

McDonald’s has raised concerns about a “skewed” sample of employees for the initial trial in a class action alleging the fast food giant denied shift managers compensation for pre- and post-shift work.

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Class action against Noumi lays claim to $5M penalty in ASIC case
Securities 2024-07-18 2:04 pm By Sam Matthews

Noumi has agreed to pay a $5 million penalty for violating its continuous disclosure obligations in a case brought by the corporate regulator, but the applicant in a shareholder class action against the food company says the sum should be reserved to compensate group members. 

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Group members to get $34.7M in ANZ class action over credit card interest
Class Actions 2024-07-10 11:01 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Group members in a class action against ANZ over credit card interest charges that settled for $57.5 million are expected to take home at least 60 per cent of the settlement sum after legal fees and a funder’s commission are deducted.

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Ashurst, LegalVision sued over Woolworths lease transfer advice
Real Estate 2024-07-05 11:03 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A unit of petrol store chain EG Australia has sued Ashurst and LegalVision alleging they breached their implied duty of care through advice given to Woolworths about the assignment of a disputed Sydney petrol station lease.

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PwC to pay $8.25M to settle class action over bond prospectus
Class Actions 2024-07-03 11:30 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

PricewaterhouseCoopers has agreed to pay $8.25 million to settle a class action on behalf of Axsesstoday bondholders over an allegedly misleading bond prospectus, bringing the settlement total to $9.5 million after a group of insurers agreed to pay $1 million to settle the class action’s claims.

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Samsung Bioepis’ ‘scattergun approach’ dooms bid for R&D docs in fight over Pfizer’s Enbrel patent
Intellectual Property 2024-06-27 11:54 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has rejected Samsung Bioepis’ bid to discover research and development documents from Pfizer as it seeks to invalidate the drug giant’s patent for its blockbuster autoimmune drug Enbrel, agreeing with Pfizer that it may be “no more than an exercise in fishing”.

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Optus had four years to fix coding error behind massive cyberattack, says ACMA
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-06-24 11:08 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Australian Communications and Media Authority says a coding error on a dormant website that went undetected for four years was behind a massive data breach that exposed the information of close to 10 million Optus customers, with the regulator saying the hack was “not highly sophisticated”. 

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iSignthis, former boss breached obligations over ASX disclosures, court finds
Fintech 2024-06-21 11:34 pm By Christine Caulfield

A court has found iSignthis and its former CEO Nickolas John Karantzis breached the Corporations Act in disclosures to the stock market about one-off revenue and the termination of the fintech’s business arrangement with Visa.

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Contingency fee order in Arrium class action would remain in force in NSW, AG tells High Court
Class Actions 2024-06-20 11:55 pm By Sam Matthews

The NSW Supreme Court would have the power to deal with a contingency fee order made in a class action against KPMG if the accounting firm won its application to move the case from Victoria, making the existence of the order a neutral factor in the transfer bid, the federal Attorney-General has told the High Court.  

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EnergyAustralia to amend defence as date set for greenwashing trial over carbon neutral claims
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-06-19 2:24 pm By Christine Caulfield

Trial has been set for next May in a case by Australian parents that accuses EnergyAustralia of engaging in misleading conduct in promoting a “carbon neutral” program, a case that puts carbon offset credits under scrutiny.

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