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a2 Milk to fight shareholder class action
Dairy company a2 Milk has denied liability to shareholders in a class action over its 2021 financial year guidance that preceded four earnings downgrades.
a2 Milk hit with shareholder class action over earnings downgrades
Slater & Gordon has filed a shareholder class action against the a2 Milk company over its 2021 financial year guidance, and four subsequent earnings downgrades.
GetSwift settlement gives class action members $1.5M, slice of raised capital
Logistics company GetSwift's settlement of a shareholder class action will see group members share in $1.5 million cash plus access to further funds and revenue raised by the company over a three-year period.
Judge to hear second group costs order bid in G8 shareholder class action
A Victoria Supreme Court judge will hear the second ever application for a group costs order in a shareholder class action against G8 Education, saying she hoped to deal with the bid in a “straightforward way”.
Judge won’t let two class actions against Freedom Foods, Deloitte run in parallel
A judge has rejected an application by the plaintiffs in two class actions against Freedom Foods and Deloitte to run their cases side-by-side, but said she would have granted a bid to consolidate the proceedings had that been sought.
Class action mediation ‘pointless’ without unregistered group member data, Pitcher Partners says
A judge has refused a bid by accounting firms Pitcher Partners and EY to access share trading data of unregistered group members in a securities class action over advice to Slater & Gordon, despite claims upcoming mediation will be "pointless" without the information.
MIS regime poses ‘real risk’ to consolidating Freedom Foods class actions, court told
Recent changes to the law requiring funded class actions to be registered as managed investment schemes have complicated the question of how best to resolve the multiplicity issue in two class actions brought against Freedom Foods and Deloitte.
Nuix scolded by judge for defaulting on orders in former CEO’s case
A judge overseeing a case brought by the former boss of Nuix has taken the embattled technology company to task for failing to comply with court orders that it file evidence by the end of last week.
Boral denies loss claims in shareholder class action
Boral has denied that shareholders bringing two class actions against it over financial irregularities in its North America windows business suffered any loss, saying that its systems helped spot and prevent the financial manipulation from continuing.
Myer takes Mark Elliott’s firm to court over $1.4M legal bill
A firm created by solicitor Mark Elliott as a vehicle to launch shareholder class actions has been taken to court by Myer over an unpaid $1.4 million legal bill racked up in defending a class action that was thrown out as an abuse of process.