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‘Extraordinary unhappiness’ with $300M J&J pelvic mesh settlement, court hears
A contradictor in two pelvic mesh class actions against Johnson & Johnson and unit Ethicon has told the court of the “extraordinary amount of group member unhappiness” following approval of a $300 million settlement – the largest in the history of Australian product liability group proceedings.
Pendal dodges email production before trial in manager’s adverse action case
Fund manager Pendal Group has fended off calls to produce documents two months out from trial in a case by a portfolio manager who alleges he was threatened with termination while on stress leave, and later made redundant.
Carnival wins strike-out bid in class action over gastro outbreaks
Carnival has won its bid to strike out a class action over norovirus outbreaks on its Sun Princess cruise ship. 
Law firm gets interim $22.6M from J&J settlement, promises to return any excess
Shine Lawyers can deduct 50 per cent of its fees and all of its costs from a $300 million settlement in pelvic mesh class actions against Johnson & Johnson while a judge mulls whether the law firm's total bill is fair and reasonable.
Carnival class action over norovirus outbreaks faces strike out, declassing bids
A class action against Carnival over norovirus outbreaks on its Sun Princess cruise ship is facing a strike out bid, with the cruise operator also flagging a declassing application down the line.
With ‘hesitation’, judge OKs $300M settlement in J&J class actions
A judge has approved a $300 million settlement in two pelvic mesh class actions against Johnson & Johnson and unit Ethicon -- the largest settlement in the history of Australian product liability group proceedings -- but a $100 million deduction for legal costs has yet to get the greenlight. 
In first beauty parade of its kind, law firms compete to manage $300M J&J settlement
Sixteen law firms and accounting firms have thrown their hat in the ring to administer a $300 million settlement in two class actions against Johnson & Johnson over pelvic mesh devices that injured thousands of women.
J&J class action settlement ‘massively’ short of what pelvic mesh victims owed, court told
A contradictor appointed in two pelvic mesh class actions against Johnson & Johnson has blasted a $300 million settlement, calling it “massively” short of what is owed to group members, after a judge preliminarily found the sum was not fair and reasonable.
Law firm must compete to administer $300M J&J class action settlement
A judge has opened the administration of a $300 million settlement in a pelvic mesh class action to a competitive bidding process, shortly after another judge said law firms were not uniquely qualified to distribute class action spoils.
Top 10 class action settlements of 2022
Class action settlement sums reached new highs last year, with the ten largest agreements totalling almost $1 billion, almost half of which was secured by one plaintiff law firm.