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Group members in a shareholder class action against livestock exporter Wellard will get 34 per cent of a $23 million settlement if the court approves deductions sought by the funder and law firm that ran the case.
Peak legal body clashes with ACCC on reform to merger regime
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The Law Council of Australia has come out in opposition to calls by the competition regulator for major reform to the country’s merger regime, saying the evidence did not support “wholesale” changes.
SARB scores partial win on appeal in Melbourne city parking patent case
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Technology company SARB has partially succeeded in a challenge to a ruling that it infringed a rival’s intellectual property in its development of a parking system used by the City of Melbourne, with an appeals court finding a judge made an error in his reading of the claims of one patent at issue.
Shareholder class action collapses may up litigation risk, dampen plaintiffs’ appetite
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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 firms and funders from pursuing what might once have been considered slam dunk cases, experts say.
Merivale settles underpayments class action
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Hospitality giant Merivale has agreed to settle an underpayments class action alleging it failed to pay workers amounts owed for overtime hours worked.
Net emissions from Mount Pleasant mega coal mine project not the point, appeals court told
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Federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek wrongly focused on the net effect of approving an application by MACH Energy and Whitehaven Coal to extend two mega coal mines in New South Wales, an advocacy group has told an appeals court.
HWLE wins injunction against hackers behind data breach
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HWL Ebsworth has won final orders barring unknown Russian-linked hackers from disseminating confidential information stolen during an April 2023 cyberattack.
Suncorp’s AAI fights for class closure in insurance class action
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Suncorp subsidiary AAI has asked a court to order soft class closure in a group proceeding over allegedly worthless insurance, saying it was “passing strange” that over 200,000 group members “don’t know they’re even group members” three years into the case.
Ex-Linchpin director hit hardest in ASIC case files appeal
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The former director of collapsed investment advisor Linchpin Capital hit hardest by a judgment disqualifying him and three other directors and levying a combined $390,000 in penalties has filed an appeal.
PwC accused of ‘hiding behind’ legal privilege to shield Linklaters report
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PricewaterhouseCoopers has been slammed for refusing to release a report by law firm Linklaters into alleged wrongdoing by international partners, with a senator saying the firm was “hiding behind” privilege after it made thousands of such claims during an ATO investigation.