A judge has directed that the legal fees and funding commission sought to be deducted from a $125 million class action settlement with Crown Resorts be included in a proposed notice to shareholders, after learning that group members were forced to click through to Maurice Blackburn’s website to find the “critical” figures.
Honda Motors has failed to strike out or permanently stay a proceeding seeking discovery for a possible lawsuit over the Japanese car maker’s decision to abandon its Australian dealership model, with a judge rejecting Honda’s argument that the preliminary discovery application didn’t meet the requirements for service abroad.
Epic Game’s plan to lead econometric evidence in its dispute with Apple could be the first time such evidence has been led in a competition case in Australia, a judge has said, as he warned that the companies’ “unlimited resources and enthusiasm for victory” should not bog the case down.
A settlement in the class action against Crown Resorts put paid to an in-person trial before it began, but gathering in court on Friday to notify the presiding judge of the happy outcome was enough to remind the Victorian litigators what they had missed over the past 18 months.
Crown Resorts has reached a $125 million settlement in a shareholder class action, avoiding a six-week trial scheduled to begin on Monday.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is seeking a $90 million penalty against Trivago for the “startlingly misleading” ranking system used on its travel price comparison website.
After more than a year-and-a-half of virtual trials, Australia’s barristers have adapted and come up with the best techniques to maintain an edge when cross-examining witnesses in the virtual courtroom.
Two former Honda dealers have won a bid for preliminary discovery against Honda Australia to pursue a potential consumer lawsuit over the car maker’s decision earlier this year to abandon a dealership model in Australia.
Apple has told a judge a high-stakes competition lawsuit by Fornite game maker Epic Games should be temporarily stayed in light of a special leave application lodged with the High Court and an ‘imminent’ judgment from a US court.
The Full Federal Court took a “radical” and unorthodox approach with far-reaching consequences by keeping Apple’s competition dispute with Fortnite game maker Epic Games in Australia, the Silicon Valley giant has told the High Court.