A judge has signed off on a $59 million settlement in a class action accusing five banks of foreign exchange rate-rigging, while bemoaning the failure of successive attorneys-general to advance reforms clarifying the court’s power to make class closure orders.
The public body in charge of managing the Murray Darling’s water resources has slammed as “incoherent” a class action’s claims that it owes a duty of care to protect farmers and irrigators against economic loss.
A landmark finding that Apple and Google misused their market power will boost competition claims — including class actions — against other dominant digital market players and could prompt the ACCC to consider action, experts told Lawyerly.
Maurice Blackburn is seeking a 33 per cent cut of any settlement in a class action against Sportsbet, arguing that law firms “doing well” for themselves by running class actions is an inherent feature of the contingency fee scheme.
In a major win for two class actions and Fortnite maker Epic Games, a judge has found that Apple and Google misused their market power in running app stores and in-app purchase systems.
A judge has approved a 35 per cent group costs order in a shareholder class action against WiseTech, but said the relatively high rate could be revisited by the court at a later stage in the case.
On the first day of trial, a court has heard a class action over alleged negligent management of water flowing through the Murray Darling system is a “world away” from a climate change class action that recently failed at trial.
Fertility services provider Genea is facing a class action investigation over a data breach that led to sensitive patient information being published on the dark web.
A judge that granted carriage of a Google ad tech class action to Maurice Blackburn and Phi Finney McDonald has reiterated concerns that such cooperative arrangements between firms could breach competition law.
A judge overseeing class actions against Coles and Woolworths over alleged illusory discounts has raised concerns about a bid to bind group members to findings in similar cases by the ACCC.