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Record 39% contingency fee ‘not an outlier’ when ROI factored in: court
A law firm has won a 39 per cent cut of a $27 million class action settlement with vehicle leasing company FleetPartners, the largest contingency fee percentage awarded to date.
NT can argue class action members didn’t keep homes ‘reasonably clean’
The Northern Territory's public housing authority can amend its defence in a class action alleging it failed to maintain habitable housing in remote Aboriginal communities to allege that tenants failed to keep housing "reasonably clean".
Second law firm investigates class action against Corporate Travel, PwC
Corporate Travel Management and auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers face a second class action investigation after an 85 per cent drop in the travel agency's share price following a year-long trading suspension.
In class action defence, MinRes says Ellison deals did not require disclosure
In their defences to a shareholder class action, Mineral Resources’ and founder Chris Ellison have denied that two payments totalling $3.8 million needed to be disclosed to the market as related party transactions.
Meta reaches mid-trial settlement in competition case by start-up
Instagram owner Meta has settled a competition case brought by a marketing company that alleged the social media giant engaged in anti-competition conduct when it barred the start-up from accessing the platform in 2019.
Corporate Travel Management, PwC face class action investigation
Corporate Travel Management and PricewaterhouseCoopers may face a class action over financial misreporting after the travel management company said in April that it would reverse $220 million in revenue after a review found it had overcharged customers. 
Meta denies being ‘against’ app developers in start-up’s competition trial
Instagram owner Meta denies that it engaged in anti-competitive conduct when it barred a social media marketing start-up from accessing the platform in 2019, saying it had the right to terminate due to breaches of its terms of use. 
NT housing class action judge adds restitution case to initial trial
A class action against the Northern Territory's public housing authority has persuaded a judge to include questions relating to restitution in an initial trial.
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Judge expands scope of initial trial in NT housing class action
A class action against the Northern Territory's public housing authority has persuaded a judge to include questions relating to restitution at the initial trial.
Judge gnashes teeth over ‘repetitive, prolix’ Boral class action
There is a time for everything, as Ecclesiastes says, but who has time for class actions that plead everything and the kitchen sink, a vexed judge wants to know, calling on litigants to home in on the real contest in their cases.