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Facebook flags potential conflict of interest in cryptocurrency ad class action
Facebook owner Meta wants to uncover the basis on which crypto tokens have been issued to bankroll a class action over its 2018 ban on cryptocurrency ads, citing the potentially conflicted interests of the self-represented lead applicant.
Maddocks fights $13M judgment, says negligence was ‘marginal’
Appealing a $13 million damages judgment for negligent advice to a former client that allegedly led to a botched sale and administration, law firm Maddocks told a court Monday the business had “miniscule” chances of surviving even if the sale had been successful.
IAG investigates underwriter accused of issuing unauthorised Greensill policy
Insurance Australia Group is investigating the underwriter behind an allegedly unauthorised trade credit policy issued to Greensill Capital, according to a defence by the insurer in a $43 million case brought by a Credit Suisse supply chain fund left heavily exposed after Greensill's collapse.
Virgin scores High Court win in spat with Wells Fargo over leased engines
US bank Wells Fargo and Florida-based aviation leasing company Willis Lease Finance will have to pay $500,000 for the relocation of leased aircraft engines to Virgin after losing a High Court bid to have the airline foot the bill.
Judge ‘taken aback’ by Maddocks’ settlement stance in $30M negligence case
Law firm Maddocks has been ordered to pay more than $1.4 million in indemnity costs for “throwing good money after bad” in failing to consider a settlement offer in a negligence lawsuit over a client's botched deal with Woolworths. 
Law firm must pay $13M for negligence that led to client’s botched Woolworths deal
A national law firm has been found liable to pay $13 million in damages for giving negligent advice to a former client that led to a botched sale of its business to Woolworths and caused it to go into administration.
AMP may try to stay financial planner’s lawsuit in light of BOLR class action
AMP has flagged a potential stay of a lawsuit filed by a Sydney-based financial planner against that overlaps with a class action brought by advisors alleging they suffered financial losses from changes in the company's buyer of last resort policy.
Christian Porter wins bid to block media from using secret parts of ABC defence
Liberal MP Christian Porter has won his bid to block Nine and News Corp from using secret portions of ABC’s defence to his defamation allegations that the media giants accessed as intervenors in the former Attorney-General’s case.
Christian Porter wants to block media from using secret parts of ABC defence
Liberal MP Christian Porter has asked a court to ensure Nine and News Corp. do not use secret portions of ABC's defence to his defamation allegations, which the media giants accessed as intervenors in the former federal Attorney-General's case.
Legal spat over Virgin’s leased airplane engines heads to High Court
The High Court has granted special leave to hear a first-of-its-kind dispute over a number of airplane engines leased by the beleaguered Virgin Airlines, which may result in the airline’s administrators using company funds to cover the costs of shipping the engines back to Florida.