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Medibank hit with shareholder class action over cyberattack
Class Actions 2023-03-29 11:54 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Australia’s largest private health insurer Medibank has been hit with a shareholder class action in the wake of a massive cyberattack that left the data […]

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Bayer can take another crack at ‘scientific knowledge’ defence in Essure class action
Class Actions 2023-03-09 5:05 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action against Bayer over its Essure contraceptive has lost a bid to knock out the pharmaceutical giant’s defence that argues any defects in […]

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New allegations OK’d on eve of trial in Bayer Essure class action
Product Liability 2023-02-27 9:26 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action against Bayer over its Essure device has won court approval to add new allegations, including that the contraceptive caused sexual dysfunction, with […]

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Slater & Gordon to end run on ASX with Allegro Funds buyout
Business of Law 2023-02-24 5:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Slater & Gordon is poised to go private in an off-market takeover by Allegro Funds valuing the company at 55 cents per share, 16 years […]

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Law firms pounce on Star Entertainment as fourth class action filed
Class Actions 2023-02-07 12:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A four-way fight to lead a shareholder class action against Star Entertainment could be on the cards after a fourth law firm filed a representative […]

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Star Entertainment hit with third shareholder class action
Class Actions 2023-02-06 9:15 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Star Entertainment is facing a third shareholder class action alleging it failed to disclose material information about its compliance with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing […]

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Police officers immune from strip search class action, court told
Class Actions 2023-01-20 1:15 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The NSW government has struck back at a class action over allegedly unlawful police strip searches at 50 music festivals, saying the state is immune […]

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Class action members benefit when funder’s payout in line with risk, judge says
Class Actions 2023-01-13 10:37 pm By Christine Caulfield

In reasons for approving a $41 million deal to settle one of three shareholder class actions over Slater & Gordon’s acquisition of a UK firm […]

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Top 10 class action settlements of 2022
Top 10 Class Action Settlements 2023-01-06 3:23 pm By Sam Matthews

Class action settlement sums reached new highs last year, with the ten largest agreements totalling almost $1 billion, almost half of which was secured by […]

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Westpac settles superannuation class action for $30M
Class Actions 2022-12-16 12:03 pm By Sam Matthews

Westpac has agreed to pay $29.95 million to settle a class action alleging subsidiaries BT Funds Management Limited and Westpac Life Insurance Services Limited charged […]

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