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Optus has urged a court to make orders requiring group members to register for a data breach class action that covers 9.5 million people, but the lead applicant argues the case should remain open. 

A judge overseeing competing shareholder class actions against James Hardie has said the judge who hears a carriage fight and applications for a group costs order should preside over the trial to avoid inefficiencies.

In the first greenwashing class action filed in Australia, gas giant AGL is accused of misleading customers who paid more for products spruiked as 'carbon neutral'.

Slater & Gordon has avoided calls for $6.5 million in security in its class action against Star Entertainment, with a judge saying the evidence fell well short of establishing a risk the firm could not foot the bill if it loses.

A class action over alleged unlawful strip searches at music festivals has lost its bid to strike out the NSW government’s defence against claims of sample group members, after the lead plaintiff was awarded $93,000 in damages.

Oil and gas company Beach Energy has agreed to pay $43. 5 million to settle a shareholder class action on the eve of trial.

Commonwealth Bank and its former wealth management arm Colonial First State have agreed to pay $249 million to settle a class action worth $900 million that would have tested a novel theory of corporate responsibility with implications for companies’ use of AI.

A woman who reported an alleged sexual assault involving Sydney Swans players has retained Slater & Gordon as she considers bringing a civil claim.

A second shareholder class action has been launched against James Hardie over the building materials company's market disclosures, setting up a contest between two class action plaintiff heavyweights.

James Hardie is facing another shareholder class action over the building materials company's representations to the market about its North American fibre cement business.