The settlement arrangement resolving five class actions against Volkswagen, which carved out hefty legal fees from the $120 million payout to drivers, could become more […]
A new parliamentary inquiry into the class action regime in Australia will go ahead as planned, Attorney-General Christian Porter said Wednesday, a move backed by […]
A decision this week rejecting a proposed common fund order at the settlement approval stage of a class action against teleco Vocus has dashed the […]
A ruling Wednesday that struck down class closure orders — a device used by judges in class actions for the past two decades — has […]
The power of courts to choose a single winner from a contest of competing class actions is not the likely target of the High Court […]
With Victoria set to pass legislation permitting law firms to charge contingency fees, experts have raised fears of an exodus of class actions from other […]
Common fund orders in federal class actions could live to see another day, the Federal Court has indicated in new guidance to be released Friday, […]
The end of the common fund order is a setback for class actions that will see a revival of the days of closed proceedings, costly […]
A groundbreaking class action ruling by the Federal Court on Thursday that found Myer misled shareholders and accepted the applicant’s market-based causation theory is the […]
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s high-stakes case against Google is the first of its kind worldwide targeting the tech giant’s data collection practices. The […]