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Court approves $43M settlement, GCO in Noumi class action
Class Actions 2025-06-26 11:16 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has approved a $43 million settlement in a class action action alleging Noumi misled investors about its inventory, including a 22 per cent group costs order to be split between the two law firms that ran the case.

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Unfair to deprive Maurice Blackburn of higher fees in class action run with Slaters: judge
Class Actions 2025-06-24 11:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has OK’d a settlement in a class action against Treasury Wine Estates, along with $27 million in fees charged by Maurice Blackburn and Slater & Gordon, after initially questioning the difference between the firms’ rates.

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Judge hits pause on Paladin Energy class action pending carriage fight
Class Actions 2025-06-20 11:06 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has temporarily excused uranium miner Paladin Energy from providing initial discovery in a shareholder class action, as the parties wait for a competing class action to be filed. 

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Slater & Gordon emailer dodges criminal charges
Business of Law 2025-06-12 11:15 pm By Christine Caulfield

Police will not lay charges over an email sent to Slater & Gordon staff that leaked employees’ pay details, the plaintiff firm said Thursday.

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Judge questions law firms ‘passing the prize around’ by teaming up to run class actions
Class Actions 2025-06-03 11:09 pm By Sam Matthews

The judge overseeing two competing class actions against Google has issued a warning to law firms that agree to team up and work on a class action together, saying that in other markets such arrangements might be viewed as “something akin to a cartel”.

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IAG denies claims in loyalty discounts class action
Class Actions 2025-06-02 11:30 pm By Andy Sidler

Insurance Australia Limited and Insurance Manufacturers of Australia have denied a class action’s claims that they misled insurance customers about loyalty discounts by calculating their premiums using an algorithm designed to maximise renewals. 

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Fourth law firm mulls ad tech class action against Google
Class Actions 2025-05-30 1:41 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A fourth law firm is investigating a class action against Google for allegedly abusing its dominance in the market for online advertising.

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Paladin Energy to face competing shareholder class actions
Class Actions 2025-05-29 11:44 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Uranium miner Paladin Energy is facing a second shareholder class action over alleged misleading disclosures to the market about expected production at its flagship uranium mine in Namibia.

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Judge questions ‘problematic’ difference in preeminent class action firms’ rates
Settlement 2025-05-28 11:32 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has balked at Maurice Blackburn’s hourly rates in a jointly run class action against Treasury Wine Estates, questioning why the firm charged 20 per cent more than fellow preeminent class action firm Slater & Gordon. 

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Class action says AMP did ‘nothing’ for 12 years to get better rate for super clients
Class Actions 2025-05-27 11:25 pm By Andy Sidler

On the first day of a seven-week class action trial, a judge has heard that AMP Superannuation failed to renegotiate interest rates with AMP Bank for up to 12 years, despite investing as much as $2 billion in customers’ superannuation with the bank.

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