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Class action lawyers should be allowed to charge contingency fees and earn a percentage of any settlement, the Victorian Law Reform Commission said Tuesday on the much anticipated release of its report into class action funding.
Apple will pay $9 million to resolve a case by the ACCC alleging the US tech giant's repair policies were in breach of the Australian Consumer Law, according to a court order Monday.
Powercor Australia has been hit a class action alleging its negligence led to a fire in the Gazette area of South West Victoria, the fourth class action the electrical distribution company faces over the 2018 St Patrick's Day fires.
NetComm Wireless has settled a suit brought by Corning Optical Communications alleging broadband technology used in the National Broadband Network rollout infringes on an innovation patent.
The corporate regulator has launched legal action against Westpac Banking Corp. over a former financial planner's poor advice that resulted in multimillion dollar losses to customers.
A Pizza Hut outlet on the Gold Coast has been hit with fines totalling $216,700 after it was found to have misclassified a delivery driver and falsified records to cover it up, the Fair Work Ombudsman said Friday.
Pokies giants Ainsworth Game Technology and Aristocrat Technologies have settled their spat over access to documents ahead of a hearing to decide if Aristocrat can gather evidence for a possible case alleging its rival stole an idea for a new poker machine.
A judge has dismissed an appeal of a ruling that blocked five Westpoint Group units from requiring Corrs Chambers to turn over invoices for the work the firm performed for the companies' receivers.
The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union and one of its officials have been fined more than $50,000 after the official targeted a group of Chevron workers with a foul-mouthed "rant" for leaving the union.
The corporate regulator has launched civil proceedings against the former managing director of sandalwood oil producer Quintis, after the company kept its board in the dark about the termination of a supply contract with Nestle unit Galderma.