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Law firm slams Merivale’s ‘meaningless’ concerns about $129M underpayments class action
Adero Law 2020-01-07 9:03 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
Canberra-based plaintiffs law firm Adero Law has hit back at claims by hospitality giant Merivale that their 3,000 employees would not benefit from a Fair Work class action seeking $129 million in allegedly unpaid wages, saying the concerns were "meaningless".
Thomson Geer faces negligence lawsuit over $120M Melbourne car park deal
Business of Law 2020-01-07 1:19 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
Law firm Thomson Geer is facing a negligence lawsuit by a commercial property investment firm over advice it gave in relation to a $120 million Melbourne car park acquisition.
Ben Roberts-Smith loses bid for journalists’ sources in defamation case
Bruce McClintock 2020-01-07 11:09 am By Miklos Bolza Sydney
War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has been denied access to evidence revealing the identity of confidential sources that leaked information concerning alleged war crimes in Afghanistan that were detailed in news articles at the centre of a defamation lawsuit.
Corrs partner on the hook for security in DNA patent appeal
Appeals 2020-01-06 5:32 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
A partner at Corrs Chambers Westgarth who successfully opposed a genome editing patent by ToolGen, and a corporate predecessor of law firm Ashurst, have been ordered to pay $375,000 in security in an appeal launched by the South Korean biotech firm.
Vocus settles shareholder class action for $35M
Class Actions 2020-01-06 2:58 pm By Cat Fredenburgh
Vocus Group has agreed to settle a shareholder class action over a 2017 profit downgrade, with its insurers footing most of the bill to resolve the proceedings.
‘Good practical sense’: Judge OKs taxi driver class action against Uber
Class Actions 2020-01-06 2:10 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
Uber has failed to put the brakes on a massive class action alleging the ride-sharing giant engaged in a conspiracy to steal business from taxi and limousine drivers across four states.
Dover can seek access to ASIC files in bid to prove ‘Orwellian’ client protection policy harmed no one
ASIC 2019-12-20 11:04 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne
Defunct Dover Financial, which faces a penalty hearing next year after it was found to have misled customers with an inaptly titled ‘client protection policy’, can bring an application for evidence from the corporate regulator that the policy did not harm anyone.
ASIC takes Volkswagen to court for alleged car loan breaches
ASIC 2019-12-20 10:23 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne
Not bowed by its defeat against Westpac in a case over alleged responsible lending breaches, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has brought action against Volkswagen alleging similar violations of the credit laws in relation to almost 50,000 car loans over three years.
IMF drops fight over commission in settled Murray Goulburn class action
ACCC 2019-12-20 9:33 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
Litigation funder IMF Bentham has thrown in the towel in a battle over its cut of a $42 million settlement in a class action against dairy cooperative Murray Goulburn, accepting the Federal Court's proposed 25 per cent commission rate after initially seeking 32 per cent.
Judge fines Volkswagen $125M after slamming ‘manifestly inadequate’ ACCC settlement
Australian Government Solicitor 2019-12-20 11:45 am By Miklos Bolza Sydney
A Federal Court judge has slapped Volkswagen with a record $125 million penalty over its emissions cheating scandal after expressing outrage at a “manifestly inadequate” $75 million settlement agreement reached with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.