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Court merges IAL class actions that piggybacked on ASIC case
Class Actions 2025-03-12 1:57 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has consolidated two class actions against Insurance Australia over alleged misleading loyalty discounts and rejected the insurer’s objection to the inclusion of documents produced by ASIC in the first-filed case.

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Bayer class action wants to know bill for failed case before deciding on appeal
Class Actions 2025-03-04 11:10 pm By Sam Matthews

The plaintiff in an unsuccessful class action against Bayer over its Essure contraceptive device wants to see whether she can avoid paying costs in the case before deciding on whether to appeal the loss.

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NSW loses bid to strike out class action’s ‘amorphous’ exemplary damages claim
Class Actions 2025-02-27 11:11 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The NSW government has lost its bid to strike out paragraphs related to a claim for exemplary damages in a class action alleging police conducted strip searches at music festivals as a matter of routine.

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Slater & Gordon exec says she was ‘wrongfully accused’ of sending email
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-02-24 11:08 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A Slater & Gordon executive who was the purported author of an email sent to all staff on Friday says she’s been “wrongfully accused” and that a “cursory examination” would reveal the sender’s likely identity.

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Slater & Gordon says email with staff salaries ‘in many ways a work of fiction’
Business of Law 2025-02-21 11:08 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Slater & Gordon has alerted police to an email sent to all staff on Friday purporting to be from a staff member, which contained salary information and criticisms of top executives.

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Noumi, Deloitte to pay $43M to settle shareholder class action
Class Actions 2025-02-04 12:42 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Noumi and auditor Deloitte will pay $43 million to resolve a class action alleging the company misled investors about its inventory, and the class action will make a play for a $5 million penalty agreed to in ASIC proceedings.

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Parkerville bushfire victim stuck with Western Power’s settlement offer
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-01-16 4:34 pm By Sam Matthews

A victim of the 2014 Parkerville bushfire can’t withdraw acceptance of a settlement offer from Western Power in light of PTSD symptoms which he said affected his judgment.

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Law firms faced wrath of clients, employees in 2024
Business of Law 2025-01-13 11:59 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Some of Australia’s biggest law firms were dragged to court in 2024, facing lawsuits — and even class actions — by disgruntled clients and aggrieved employees.

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Judge slashes contingency fee in Insurance Australia class action
Class Actions 2025-01-09 9:11 am By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has cut Slater & Gordon’s 33% contingency fee in a class action against Insurance Australia, saying it was too high since there was nothing “particularly novel” about the case.

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Top 10 class action settlements of 2024
Class Actions 2025-01-03 7:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Class action settlements leaped in value last year, with three settlements topping the $200 million mark.

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