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ASIC has taken a leaf out of the playbook of Australia’s courts in granting litigation funders temporary relief from having to disclose certain sensitive financial information in their product disclosure statements.
Quintis class action settlement to drag on with insurers’ appeal
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Two insurers have appealed a ruling that could provide a further $11.25 million to group members in a class action against sandalwood producer Quintis, further delaying finalisation of a settlement reached in the group proceeding over a year ago.
HWL Ebsworth forced to hand over client file notes to ANZ whistleblower
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HWL Ebsworth has been ordered to hand over file notes to a former client and whistleblower suing ANZ for unfair dismissal, with a judge rejecting the law firm’s argument that the notes were created solely for the benefit of the junior solicitor taking them.
Judge slams Monsanto’s ‘highly unsatisfactory’ behaviour in Roundup class action
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A judge has criticised agricultural giant Monsanto for its “highly unsatisfactory” conduct in ignoring court orders in a class action over its allegedly cancer-causing Roundup pesticides.
AGL Energy sues Greenpeace for using logo in ‘Australia’s biggest climate polluter’ campaign
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AGL Energy has dragged Greenpeace Australia Pacific to court for using its logo in a campaign that labelled the company “Australia’s biggest climate polluter” and accused it of “significant environmental breaches”.
ACCC to argue Epic’s dispute with Apple should be heard in Australia
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is seeking leave to intervene in Epic Games’ appeal of a ruling that sent its misuse of market power lawsuit against Apple to California so that it can argue the case should be heard in Australia.
$112M Robodebt class action settlement has ‘bigger set of losers’ than normal, court hears
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A court-appointed contradictor has asked for changes to a $112 million settlement in the Robodebt class action against the federal government, saying it is unfair that some group members won’t receive financial compensation from the settlement, which had a “bigger set of losers” than normal.
Statewide Super won’t defend ASIC case over $1.5M insurance mistake
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Superannuation provider Statewide Super has announced that it will not defend civil penalty proceedings brought by ASIC over an administrative error which resulted in around 12,500 fund members being charged for non-existent insurance.
Rape allegations ‘could not be dismissed as trivial’, ABC says in defence to Porter suit
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The ABC has come out swinging in its defence to former attorney-general Christian Porter’s lawsuit over an allegedly defamatory article concerning historical rape allegations, saying there were reasonable grounds for suspecting Porter brutally raped a girl when they were teenagers and that it had a duty to publish the article.
$1.3M awarded to Queensland floods class action sample group members
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A judge has awarded four sample group members in the Queensland floods class action $1.28 million in compensation, finding that charitable payments did not affect the amount of interest payable on the damages they are owed.