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The funder that was bankrolling a class action alleging pharmacy giant Priceline exercised an "overly prescriptive level of control" on franchisees which limited their profitability has withdrawn its support for the proceeding.
The federal government has lost a bid to submit additional evidence ahead of an upcoming damages trial in a class action brought on behalf of 200 Navy marine technicians over a breached training contract.
Evidence of anxiety felt by 7-Eleven franchisees leading class actions against the convenience store giant was relevant to whether the funder could earn a $25 million commission from the proceeds of a settlement, a court has heard.
Labour on-hire and recruitment company CoreStaff has settled a class action alleging it lured workers to Australia from Papua New Guinea with the promise of long-term work, only to terminate their employment agreements less than three years after they relocated.
A class action against Western Australia is seeking damages for alleged discrimination of Indigenous Australians detained for unpaid fines.
Class action settlement totals skyrocketed to over $900 million last year, and one law firm negotiated the lion's share, with $672 million in settlements under its belt.
Nine Network has been hit with a class action by Indigenous Australians who say the broadcaster's coverage of a $30 million class action settlement being "rorted" by Palm Islanders was discriminatory and inaccurate.
A former ANZ trader who alleges he was sacked for complaining about the bank's manipulation of the bank bill swap rate has lost his bid to view lawyers' notes taken during meetings over ASIC's investigation into the bank's conduct.
A judge has said if he sides with a former ANZ trader in a privilege dispute with the bank over file notes from 2014 meetings over ASIC's bank bill swap rate investigations it would create a "whole world of pain" for solicitors claiming privilege over their notes in other cases.
A judge has declined a contradictor's calls to send an application for a common fund order in a class action against 7-Eleven, which recently settled for $98 million, to the Full Court.