The recent dismissal of two shareholder class actions after hard-fought trials is expected to lead to a recalibration of litigation risk and may discourage plaintiff […]
Australian IP lawyers are closely watching The New York Times’ copyright lawsuit seeking billions in damages from OpenAI and Microsoft, but it remains to be […]
Expect more legal battles this year over the right to work from home, with employees continuing to demand flexibility but businesses starting to push back, […]
The contingency fee regime in Victoria promises class action members “vastly superior” recoveries when compared with class actions financed by commission-paid funders, a new report […]
The country’s most experienced class action law firm won two and lost two in last year’s beauty parades before the courts, showing track record is […]
Companies and government entities paid out less to settle class actions in 2023 than in the previous two years, with no mega settlements hitting their […]
The Full Federal Court’s finding that the High Court did not extinguish the power of judges to make common fund orders on approval of class […]
A Federal Court judge’s endorsement of the novel idea of a ‘solicitors’ common fund order’ may reverse the trend of class action lawyers running to […]
The judge who rewarded the law firm with the lowest ever GCO proposal with carriage of an $80 million class action this week noted the […]
Legal bodies have expressed alarm at the implications of a ruling that put a judge on the hook for damages for ordering the wrongful imprisonment […]