Class Actions
Shine makes play to vary fee after settlement in EML Payments class action
Shine Lawyers has come under fire from a judge, after the firm filed an application to materially vary a 24.5 per cent group costs order in a settled shareholder class action against EML Payments.
Article
Cbus admits liability in ASIC death benefit case, faces penalty hearing
Super fund Cbus has made admissions in the corporate regulator's case over long delays in the processing of $20 million in death and disability claims, with the action to progress directly to penalty.
Real Estate
Lendlease fends off vote on control of $2.8B retail property fund
For a third time, real estate investment manager Lendlease has avoided a vote on the future of its oversight of a $10 billion property fund, with a proposed meeting Wednesday of the fund's retail investors reportedly adjourned for want of quorum.
Class Actions
J&J denies class action’s claims that it sold ineffective cold meds
Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has denied knowingly selling alleged ineffective medications under its Benadryl, Sudafed and Codral brands, saying research indicated the phenylephrine-containing products worked.
Discrimination
Commonwealth denies IVF rebate discrimination against ‘socially infertile’ women
The federal government has hit back against a class action by single women and same-sex couples deemed “socially infertile” and denied Medicare rebates for IVF, denying group members were treated less favourably because of their marital status or sexual orientation.
Employment
Tabcorp settles suit by ex-CEO who was forced out for ‘offensive’ language
Tabcorp has settled a lawsuit by a former CEO who alleged his coerced resignation over alleged offensive language was inconsistent with a boardroom history of condoning off-colour remarks.
Defamation
AFR hits back at Bird’s Basement owner’s defamation suit
The Australian Financial Review has hit back at a defamation suit by the owner of Melbourne jazz venue Bird’s Basement over articles about a former employee’s now-discontinued suit, saying the articles were a fair report of public documents.
Legal Ethics
Lawyer and wealth guru Dominique Grubisa found unfit to practice
A tribunal has recommended that lawyer and wealth guru Dominique Grubisa be struck from the roll of practitioners over conduct that included hiring a private investigator to look into another solicitor.
Construction
Kanadevia Inova hit with another suit over East Rockingham waste-to-energy project
Save (0) Please login to bookmark Close Username or Email Address Password Remember Me Save (0) Please login to bookmark Close Username or Email Address Password Remember Me Swiss greentech company Kanadevia Inova has been hit with another suit by the receivers over a contract for the $500 million East Rockingham waste-to-energy plant in Western…
Class Actions
‘Egregious’: Judge awards plaintiff $93K in strip search class action against NSW Police
A judge has ordered the NSW government to pay $93,000 in damages to the lead plaintiff in a class action over police strip searches at music festivals, finding a “conspicuous deficiency” in the training of officers.
