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A new survey from Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer has found that while corporate Australia's boards are increasingly worried about class action risk, most are failing to tackle it as a standalone issue.
JB Hi-Fi has rejected a class action's claim that it sold worthless warranties, telling a court that the Australian Consumer Law left many consumers without a remedy for normal wear and tear.
Light & Wonder has hit back at a securities class action over disclosures about the theft of Aristocrat's trade secrets, denying that its 2025 $1.4 billion forecast depended on its Dragon Train poker game which misappropriated its rival's IP.
A judge has questioned how a law firm arrived at a proposed GCO rate of 35 per cent in a shareholder class action against Light & Wonder and wants more data to support the application, which the game maker said was based on "impressionistic" evidence.
A judge has found that RAMS breached its duty of good faith by terminating a franchise agreement on Westpac’s recommendation without resolving concerns about the evidence backing its decision, but tossed unconscionable conduct claims against the home loans business.
A judge at the forefront of early case law on contingency fees in Victoria Supreme Court class actions has been appointed to the state's Court of Appeal.
Trial has kicked off in a massive class action against electronics retailer JB Hi-Fi over "useless" warranties, with the class action telling the court the extended warranties on products were "impossible" to understand.
The law firm behind a shareholder class action against poker machine company Light & Wonder is calling for a contingency fee on the high end of group costs orders issued to date.
A judge overseeing the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner's case against Medibank alongside a class action against the health insurer is considering delaying a hearing in the regulator's case until after trial in the group proceeding.
Trial in a racial discrimination class action against the Northern Territory and NT Police Commissioner will go ahead as planned despite the applicant adding 143 alleged incidents to the scope of the case.