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Top 10 class action settlements of 2022
Adam Hochroth 2023-01-06 3:23 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

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.

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Retail Food Group agrees to $10M settlement in ACCC case
ACCC 2022-12-23 5:27 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Retail Food Group has agreed to a settlement worth $10 million in ACCC proceedings alleging the franchise giant misled purchasers of loss-making stores about the viability of its stores.

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Pokemon wins injunction against augmented reality game, NFTs
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-12-22 5:34 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has granted the Pokemon Company’s request for a temporary injunction restraining an Australian business from developing an augmented reality game featuring its popular Pokemon characters and selling related NFTs. 

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Pokemon No! Gaming company sues over unauthorised NFTs
Corrs Chambers Westgarth 2022-12-20 5:27 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The Pokemon Company has taken an Australian business to court for allegedly threatening to release Pokemon non-fungible tokens for use in an augmented reality game without the copyright owner’s permission.

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‘ASX Wolf’ trader’s Instagram account was unlicensed financial services biz, court rules
ASIC 2022-12-20 4:51 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Gold Coast ‘finfluencer’ Tyson Scholz provided illegal financial services by giving tips on his Instagram account and to customers who paid for access to his seminars and ‘Black Wolf Pit’ chat room, a judge has found.

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Shine stuck running Blue Sky, EY class action with rival firm
Appeals 2022-12-19 5:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A law firm has lost its bid to challenge a court order that it join forces with a competing firm in an investor class action against Blue Sky Alternative Investments and auditor EY.

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Finder Wallet taken to court by ASIC over ‘unlicensed’ crypto product
ASIC 2022-12-15 5:48 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

ASIC has filed a lawsuit against Finder Wallet, a subsidiary of comparison website Finder.com, alleging the company breached various requirements in relation to its crypto product Finder Earn.

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Law firm bows out of contest to run class actions against Apple, Google
Apple 2022-12-15 5:31 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A law firm has dropped plans to bring a second set of class actions alleging Apple and Google engaged in anti-competitive conduct in operating their app stores, but will act as an “agent” for the first-to-file firm.

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Google defeats ACCC case over data collection
ACCC 2022-12-09 3:01 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The ACCC has lost proceedings accusing Google of duping millions of Australians into agreeing to expand the scope of personal information the tech giant could collect and combine for use in targeted advertising. 

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Battle to run Blue Sky, EY class action not over, as firm appeals order to team up with rival
Appeals 2022-12-08 10:55 pm By Christine Caulfield

A law firm wants to challenge a court order that it play nice with a competing firm in a class action for investors against Blue Sky Alternative Investments and auditor EY.

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