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‘Virtually nothing has been done’: Judge shreds firm for lag in $300M J&J settlement
Product Liability 2022-10-07 11:20 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has savaged Shine Lawyers over its failure to present a signed settlement agreement to the court a month after Johnson & Johnson Medical […]

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Law firm files class action-style complaint against Optus over data breach
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2022-10-07 10:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Optus has been hit with a class action-style complaint over a massive data breach that exposed the personal information of up to 1o million current […]

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Doctor’s wife to be pulled into class action against plastic surgeon Daniel Lanzer
Class Actions 2022-10-07 3:53 pm By Sam Matthews

The lead applicant in a class action against Sydney-based plastic surgeon Daniel Lanzer and four of his associates wants to join the wife of one […]

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Law firm loses fight over legal fees in Romeoā€™s class actions
Class Actions 2022-10-06 3:18 am By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has rejected a class action law firm’s challenge to her decision to slash its fees in two underpayments class actions against supermarket chain […]

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Judge OKs $2.2M settlement in Drakes class action but questions law firmā€™s costs
Class Actions 2022-10-06 11:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has approved a $2.2 million settlement in a class action on behalf of Drakes store managers who were allegedly underpaid but has deferred […]

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ā€˜Blood out of a stoneā€™: Class action settlement no big pay day for IPO Wealth investors
Class Actions 2022-10-04 2:22 pm By Sam Matthews

Investors in Mayfair Groupā€™s collapsed IPO Wealth Fund are set to recoup only a fraction of their alleged $67 million losses in a best-case settlement […]

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Crown wants contradictor to fight class action’s GCO application
Class Actions 2022-10-04 3:31 pm By Sam Matthews

Crown Resorts has asked the court to appoint a contradictor to fight against a group costs order being sought in shareholder class action accusing the […]

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Judge declasses Wilson Security class action over objections from group members
Class Actions 2022-10-04 3:32 pm By Sam Matthews

Despite objections from numerous group members, a judge has tossed an underpayments class action brought by a self-represented applicant against Wilson Security, ruling that class […]

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Grant Thornton, Moore Stephens sued over Linchpin audits
Financial Services 2022-09-30 6:04 pm By Sam Matthews

Embattled investment firm Linchpin Capital has sued auditors Grant Thornton and Moore Stephens for signing off on the compliance plan for a registered fund that […]

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CIMIC knocks ballooning pleadings in shareholder class action
Class Actions 2022-09-30 2:08 pm By Sam Matthews

Construction firm CIMIC has foreshadowed a fight over ā€œobscureā€ new pleadings in a two year-old shareholder class action alleging the company failed to keep the […]

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