The litigation funder at the centre of a challenge by Westpac to the Federal Court’s power to make common fund orders faced a fiery judge […]
Medical device maker American Medical Systems, which is facing a class action over allegedly faulty pelvic mesh implants, has taken a page from the Ethicon […]
A federal judge has lit a fire under the law firm leading the Westpac life insurance class action, saying if it wanted to apply for […]
Westpac is challenging a judge’s order that gives the funder backing a class action over life insurance premiums a 25 percent cut of any recovery. […]
Three class actions filed against the Commonwealth of Australia over allegedly toxic foam from government military bases will be heard together. Justice Jayne Jagot set […]
Law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan will call in US experts to back up its proposed “step up” funding model as five law firms begin […]
Shine Lawyers has acquired boutique class action firm ACA lawyers, a deal that will create the second largest class action firm in Australia by caseload […]
The funder underwriting a class action against Westpac will take a 25 percent cut of the net — not gross — recovery sum to secure […]
A landmark ruling that transferred four competing federal class actions against AMP to state court will stand, with the law firms behind the cases opting […]
A judge has agreed to sign off on an order in a massive class action against Westpac that could give 25 percent of any recovery […]