Class action lawyers await guidance from courts on impact of continuous disclosure reforms

Class Actions 2021-08-25 5:57 pm By Miklos Bolza | Sydney

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Reforms by the Morrison government passed earlier this month weakening continuous disclosure obligations will spur corporate defendants to engage in “expensive interlocutory warfare” to shut down class actions right off the bat, and plaintiffs lawyers are waiting to see how the courts interpret the new laws to determine these early strike-out fights.

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