Judge OKs $100M Colonial class action settlement, questions ‘strange’ funding agreement

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The judge overseeing a consumer class action against wealth manager Colonial First State Investments has given the green light to a $100 million settlement, but questioned a $23.1 million cut to funder Augusta under a “strange” funding agreement.

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ABC sacked radio host Antoinette Lattouf, FWC finds

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Former radio host Antoinette Lattouf is planning to bring an unfair termination case against the broadcaster, after the Fair Work Commission found the ABC terminated her from a casual presenting role.

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Law firm repping ‘number of women’ in TV industry over harassment, discrimination claims

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Amid allegations of inappropriate behaviour by Nine’s former news director, plaintiff law firm Maurice Blackburn says it is representing “a number of women” in the television industry who are pursuing sexual harassment and discrimination claims.

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Neurim’s claim for additional damages survives in Circadin patent case

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A judge has upheld Neurim Pharmaceutical’s claim for additional damages against two generic drug companies found to have infringed its patent for insomnia drug Circadin, despite the company’s failure to comply with an earlier ruling.

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Housing class action to drop claims against Victoria, as judge slams ‘hasty’ new pleading

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A class action over the Victorian government’s decision to retire Melbourne’s high rise public housing towers has agreed to drop claims against the state of Victoria and the minister for housing after a judge threw out the claims but allowed the class action to replead.

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Unrepresented Bruce Lerhmann appeals rape ruling in defamation case

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Former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann has filed an appeal of last month’s judgment that he raped Brittany Higgins in Parliament House, an appeal which may fail at the first hurdle.

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Crown Resorts to benefit from class closure and should foot part of the bill, judge says

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A judge has ordered Crown Resorts to share the costs of soft class closure with the plaintiff in a shareholder class action accusing it of lax anti-money laundering compliance, saying that soft class closure ahead of mediation was in the interests of both parties. 

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NSW blasts strip search class action’s ‘amorphous’ claim for exemplary damages

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The NSW government is seeking to strike out class action claims for exemplary damages, arguing allegations that police conducted strip searches at music festivals as a matter of routine “lack specificity at every level”. 

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