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$50M settlement approved in NT Stolen Generation class action
A judge has approved a $50.45 million settlement in a class action by family members and deceased estates of the Northern Territory Stolen Generations. He has also approved a 13 per cent funding commission by way of a common fund order, saying debates about CFOs had become “lost in the label”.
KPMG points finger at CudeCo, directors in class action over company collapse
KPMG has hit back at a shareholder class action over allegedly misleading statements made ahead of CuDeco’s collapse in 2020, placing blame on the defunct mining company, its directors and group members themselves. 
CIMIC wins access to institutional investor details in shareholder class action
Construction firm CIMIC has won its bid to view identifying information about institutional investors in a shareholder class action, despite the applicant's claims it could deter group members from signing on to the case. 
High Court snubs Sunwater in appeal over coverage for $440M floods settlement
The High Court has rejected dam services provider Sunwater's request that it weigh in on a dispute over insurance coverage for a $440 million class action settlement with victims of the 2010-2011 floods in Queensland.
‘Too simplistic’: Judges’ support for disclaimer challenged in class action’s High Court appeal
The farmers leading a class action against Advanta Seeds over contaminated product have brought their case to the High Court, challenging an appeals court's holding that a disclaimer nullified the company's duty to protect growers against economic loss.
Carnival wins strike-out bid in class action over gastro outbreaks
Carnival has won its bid to strike out a class action over norovirus outbreaks on its Sun Princess cruise ship. 
Essure contraceptive ‘safe and efficacious’, Bayer tells class action trial
Bayer told a jury that clinical trials from the 1990’s to 2014 showed its Essure birth control device was “safe and efficacious”, as the pharmaceutical giant faces trial in a class action by patients who claim they suffered debilitating injuries from the device.
Bayer can’t dismiss Essure injuries as ‘common women’s symptoms’, class action trial told
Pharmaceutical giant Bayer cannot write off debilitating chronic pain and bleeding which patients allegedly experienced after being implanted with Essure contraceptives as “common women's symptoms”, a court has heard in the first day of trial in a long-running class action.
App store class action funder can’t see evidence in Epic’s case against Apple
The litigation funder bankrolling two competition class actions against Apple and Google has lost its bid to see evidence filed in a similar case by developer Epic Games, after concerns were raised about its potential use in overseas proceedings against Apple.
Law firm gets interim $22.6M from J&J settlement, promises to return any excess
Shine Lawyers can deduct 50 per cent of its fees and all of its costs from a $300 million settlement in pelvic mesh class actions against Johnson & Johnson while a judge mulls whether the law firm's total bill is fair and reasonable.