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Full Federal Court gets chance to weigh in on market-based causation
Shareholders have appealed a ruling that found a "serious problem" with market-based causation and dismissed three cases against the liquidator of failed global financial services firm Babcock & Brown.
Judge tosses Babcock & Brown cases, finds ‘serious problems’ with market-based causation
A judge has dismissed three proceedings by shareholders against the liquidator of failed global financial services firm Babcock & Brown, in a finding that highlights "serious problems" with market-based causation and may have ramifications for securities class actions.
Robocalls proposed in Radio Rentals settlement after class members crash Maurice Blackburn’s phone line
After being flooded with phone calls by class members wanting a share of a recent $16.4 million settlement with Cash Converters, law firm Maurice Blackburn will implement an automated message system to handle queries from 164,000 group members in the settled class action against Radio Rentals.
Otsuka ‘deliberately’ withheld information from court, Generic Health claims
Pharmaceutical company Generic Health has told the Federal Court that, on advice from their solicitors, Otsuka and Bristol-Myers Squibb "deliberately" chose not to disclose their reasons for an admission in a long-running patent case over the anti-psychotic drug Abilify, which they are now seeking to withdraw.
Otsuka changes tack in Abilify patent case after landmark Wyeth ruling
Otsuka Pharmaceuticals and Bristol Myers-Squibb are seeking to withdraw admissions in patent litigation against Generic Health over anti-psychotic drug Abilify, following a landmark ruling last year against Wyeth that clarified the issue of compensation under the usual undertaking for damages in pharmaceutical patent cases.
$29M Radio Rentals settlement clears hurdle after ex-CEO cries prejudice
The $29 million settlement in the Radio Rentals 'Rent, Try, $1 Buy' class action is back on track after concerns by former CEO James Marshall about uncertainty in the deed of settlement were resolved.
Radio Rentals, AIG to pay $29M to settle ‘Rent, Try, Buy’ class action
Radio Rentals and its insurer, AIG, have reached a $29 million settlement in a consumer class action alleging the company pushed misleading 'Rent, Try, $1 Buy' leases onto vulnerable customers.
Radio Rentals, AIG ‘very close’ to settling consumer class action, court hears
A consumer class action against Radio Rentals over its 'Rent, Try, $1 Buy' scheme is "very close" to settling, a court heard Monday, with just a few more days required to negotiate a final agreement.
Two firms, one funder out after judge consolidates RCR Tomlinson class actions
Law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan will push forward with an investor class action against failed engineering company RCR Tomlinson on its own, with two firms driving competing actions agreeing to step down after a judge forcibly consolidated all three proceedings.
$6M Bank of Queensland class action settlement one claim under insurance policy, appeals court says
An appeals court has found insurers AIG Australia and Catlin Australia have to cover part of a $6 million settlement agreed to by Bank of Queensland last year in a class action brought by investors in a multimillion dollar Ponzi scheme by jailed fraudster Bradley Sherwin.