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Tyro hit with class action over terminal outage
Bannister Law 2021-10-20 4:10 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Payments provider Tyro has been hit with a class action over a days-long terminal outage that left many businesses unable to accept payments.

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Court finds Ford PowerShift cars defective, in victory for class action
Allens 2021-06-29 1:24 pm By Miklos Bolza

In a win for a long-running class action against US auto giant Ford on behalf of owners of 70,000 vehicles, a judge has found that cars installed with PowerShift transmissions were defective.

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Tyro faces second class action investigation over terminal outage
Bannister Law 2021-06-03 5:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Payments provider Tyro is facing two potential class actions over a days-long terminal outage that left many businesses unable to accept payments, the first of which is expected to be filed “imminently”.

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Kia faces class action investigation into recalled cars
Automotive 2021-05-18 8:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Kia Motors is facing an investigation into a possible class action on behalf of car owners whose vehicles were recalled due to the risk that they could catch fire when parked.

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Judge ‘bereft’ of power to vary $138M IAG settlement to allow late opt outs
Adam Hochroth 2021-04-23 5:07 pm By Miklos Bolza

A $138 million class action settlement with IAG over alleged junk insurance will go ahead after a judge found he was “bereft” of power to vary his prior approval judgment and include late opt out bids by group members that threatened to derail the agreement last month.

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Late opt outs imperil $138M IAG ‘junk insurance’ class action settlement
Adam Hochroth 2021-03-12 4:43 pm By Miklos Bolza

A group of late opt out notices by group members in a class action over IAG insurance, who were egged on in part by a ‘corporate warfare’ campaign by claims management service Claimo, could result in IAG pulling the plug on a $138 million settlement.

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Hyundai faces class action investigation over recalled cars
Automotive 2021-02-15 7:08 pm By Cindy Cameronne

South Korean car maker Hyundai is facing a possible class action after it recalled over 90,000 cars earlier this month over safety concerns. 

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Concerns about courts wading into funding commission rates ‘exaggerated’, judge says
Adam Hochroth 2021-01-29 10:08 pm By Christine Caulfield

Concerns behind criticism that courts aren’t equipped to assess a class action funder’s commission are exaggerated, and the fixing by judges of reasonable remuneration, at least in other cases, is nothing new, a Federal Court judge has said.

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‘Lawyers hate losing control’: Toyota class action referee process rankles judge
Amy Munro 2021-01-19 12:10 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has rebuked the “procedural vulgarities” plaguing a referee’s supplementary report in a class action against Toyota over allegedly defective vehicles and has called for the process to be simplified.

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Clayton Utz teams up with funder ICP for business interruption insurance class action
Bannister Law 2021-01-18 12:05 pm By Miklos Bolza

Law firm Clayton Utz and litigation funder Investor Claim Partners have joined forces to bring a class action against insurers who have denied business interruption claims by business impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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