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Law firm bows out of contest to run class actions against Apple, Google
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-12-15 5:31 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A law firm has dropped plans to bring a second set of class actions alleging Apple and Google engaged in anti-competitive conduct in operating their app stores, but will act as an “agent” for the first-to-file firm.

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GetSwift liquidators flag challenge to settlement in ‘disastrous’ class action
Class Actions 2022-11-17 4:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Liquidators of failed tech company GetSwift have foreshadowed an objection to a $1.5 million settlement going to shareholders in a class action that a judge has labelled a “disaster”.

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CBA’s former boss Ian Narev grilled over internal audits 4 years before AUSTRAC action
Class Actions 2022-11-14 10:02 pm By Christine Caulfield

The former chief executive of Commonwealth Bank has told a court internal auditors raised issues with CBA’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing compliance four years before AUSTRAC took action that saw the bank’s share price plummet.

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Nuix drags PwC into shareholder class action over $1.8B IPO
Corporate 2022-11-09 11:41 pm By Christine Caulfield

Nuix has pointed the finger at its accountant PricewaterhouseCoopers in the software company’s defence to a class action over a prospectus for its $1.8 billion IPO two years ago.

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Trial pokes holes in CBA’s claim of ‘cordial’ relationship with AUSTRAC
Trials 2022-11-08 10:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne

While CBA’s defence to a shareholder class action argues the bank did not need to disclose money laundering failures because it doubted AUSTRAC would take legal action, communications show it was drafting a defence six months before proceedings started, a trial has heard.

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Court approves GCO in Noumi class action but may review lawyers’ cut
Class Actions 2022-11-08 10:40 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has signed off on a group costs order in a shareholder class action against food company Noumi and auditor Deloitte guaranteeing group members a return of at least 78 per cent, but noted the law firms’ cut may need to be reviewed to avoid a “disproportionate return”.

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‘Law breaking on a grand scale:’ CBA’s money laundering failures on trial
Class Actions 2022-11-07 11:22 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia knew about a “catastrophic” code error that caused widespread non-compliance with money laundering rules two years before it was disclosed to the market, a court has been told in a rare shareholder class action trial.

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GetSwift class action applicant must ‘bite the bullet’, judge says
Class Actions 2022-11-04 5:15 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge overseeing a shareholder class action against the now failed GetSwift has urged the applicant to decide soon if he will forge ahead with a problematic settlement, seek summary judgment or wait to see what comes of the parent company’s bankruptcy case.

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Class action trial looms for CBA over money laundering disclosures
Class Actions 2022-11-03 11:59 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia faces trial Monday in one of several class actions filed against a major Australian company in recent years over allegedly lax money laundering practices and disclosures.

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Judge warns Domino’s about ‘trial by ambush’ as underpayments class action hearing kicks off
Trials 2022-11-02 9:07 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has slammed Domino’s for its “entirely unsatisfactory” opening submissions in an underpayments class action, warning the pizza giant not to hide arguments and evidence up its sleeve.

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