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Applicant to get $100K in declassed COVID-19 business interruption case
Class Actions 2025-07-22 11:14 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The applicant in one of four declassed COVID-19 business interruption class actions has reached a settlement under which it will receive $100,000 and the funder the backed the case will pay $1 million towards Insurance Australia’s costs.

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Judge raises concerns Blue Sky shareholder class action ‘drifting’
Class Actions 2025-07-21 11:55 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge has expressed worries that a class action against EY and collapsed Blue Sky Alternative Investments is “drifting” amid concerns from the defendants about “indulgent” discovery and potentially “significant” pleading changes.

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DePuy class action member’s appeal may involve novel issue for Full Court
Class Actions 2025-07-21 11:26 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A challenge to a compensation determination by a group member in a class action against Johnson & Johnson unit DePuy may involve novel questions for the Full Court on the role of scheme administrators, a judge has said.

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Director barred from representing pawnbroker Taylors in class action
Class Actions 2025-07-21 1:37 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has blocked the director of Taylors Business from representing the company in a consumer class action, finding he will not be of any assistance to the court. 

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Australia hits three class action milestones
Class Actions 2025-07-21 11:15 pm By Editor

In this 33rd year of class actions, three significant milestones have been achieved by Australia’s class action regimes, writes expert Professor Vince Morabito.

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Crown Resorts to pay $73M to settle shareholder class action
Class Actions 2025-07-18 11:27 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Casino operator Crown has agreed to pay $73 million over two years to settle a shareholder class action accusing it of lax money laundering compliance, with solicitors set to take home $20 million.

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Banksia class action members launch case against Arnold Bloch Leibler, partner
Business of Law 2025-07-18 11:50 pm By Christine Caulfield

Arnold Bloch Leibler and a litigation partner at the law firm are among defendants named in a new case for their representation of the mastermind behind the scandal-ridden Banksia Securities class action.

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Law firm’s cut no sure thing as judge OKs $87M settlement in Hino class action
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-07-18 2:00 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has approved an $87 million settlement in a class action against Hino Motors, but says he needs to hear from a contradictor before greenlighting a law firm’s 25 per cent contingency fee.

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Law firm files representative complaint with OAIC over Qantas data breach
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-07-17 11:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A law firm has filed a representative complaint with the OAIC on behalf of six million Qantas customers affected by the company’s recent data breach.

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Discrimination class action against NT police could raise ‘massive issue’: judge
Class Actions 2025-07-18 11:57 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A racial discrimination class action against the Northern Territory government and its police commissioner could “call into question” policing across the territory, a judge has said.

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