Crown wins challenge to ‘impermissible’ order letting jailed staff talk to class action firm

Posted on 2020-01-222020-01-22 by Miklos Bolza

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Crown Resorts has successfully challenged a ruling allowing law firm Maurice Blackburn to communicate with 18 formerly jailed employees to gather evidence in its shareholder class action against the casino giant.

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NAB units face class action over ‘regrettable mismanagement’ of super accounts

Posted on 2020-01-222020-01-23 by Miklos Bolza

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Two National Australia Bank units have been hit with a class action alleging they violated their duties as superannuation trustees by allegedly failing to transfer members to funds with lower fees.

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Bupa takes regulator to court as it fights ACCC allegations it overcharged, misled residents

Posted on 2020-01-212020-01-21 by Christine Caulfield

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Bupa has launched court action to block a directive by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission as the aged care provider battles a separate case by the ACCC over payments allegedly charged to residents for services they did not receive.

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Glencore unit does not owe injured workers unlimited personal leave, court says

Posted on 2020-01-212020-01-22 by Miklos Bolza

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A subsidiary of mining giant Glencore has defeated a case brought by the CFMEU claiming it was obligated to pay unlimited amounts of personal leave to sick or injured employees.

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Ten says report on genital silicone injections not defamatory, in public interest

Posted on 2020-01-21 by Christine Caulfield

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Defending a defamation case brought by the head of a group of gay ‘pups’, Network Ten has argued that a report about an Australian man who died from genital silicone injections was substantially true and in the public interest.

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Biosimilar drug makers settle IP spat over arthritis drug Humira

Posted on 2020-01-212020-01-21 by Christine Caulfield

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German drug company Fresenius Kadi has resolved a patent case brought by Korean drug company Samsung Bioepis over a biosimilar of top selling arthritis drug Humira.

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Trivago misled hotel booking customers to boost income, court finds

Posted on 2020-01-212020-01-21 by Miklos Bolza

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Hotel booking aggregator Trivago misled consumers about its cheapest price promise by arranging its listings according to payments it received instead of the actual hotel room price, a court has found.

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Ashurst admits to underpaying staff

Posted on 2020-01-202020-01-21 by Miklos Bolza

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Ashurst has become the latest law firm to be ensnared in the underpayments scandal affecting Australian businesses, with the firm admitting to underpaying a number of staff covered under the legal services award.

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IMF poised to take over class actions from rival funders rattled by common fund ruling

Posted on 2020-01-202020-01-20 by Miklos Bolza

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Litigation funder IMF Bentham has shrugged off concerns about the High Court’s recent ruling on common fund orders, telling investors that it’s in a position to take over some class actions from funders daunted by the prospect of bookbuilding.

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‘Worthless and unsaleable’: Accounting firm hit with class action over Guvera advice

Posted on 2020-01-202020-01-20 by Miklos Bolza

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Shareholders of collapsed music streaming platform Guvera have filed a class action against an accounting firm seeking to recoup their losses for the firm’s alleged negligence in promoting an investment opportunity in the failed tech company.

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