A personal injury law firm is investigating a potential class action against childcare centre operators that employed an alleged sex offender who has been charged with over 70 offences.
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.
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.
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.
Police will not lay charges over an email sent to Slater & Gordon staff that leaked employees’ pay details, the plaintiff firm said Thursday.
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”.
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.
A fourth law firm is investigating a class action against Google for allegedly abusing its dominance in the market for online advertising.
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.
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.