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AMP to pay $110M to settle shareholder class action
A shareholder class action that was filed in the wake of the banking royal commission over AMP’s fees-for-no-service practices has settled for $110 million. 
Class action says Qantas got ‘$1B in interest free loans’ from COVID-19 cancellations
Qantas faces a class action on behalf of hundreds of thousands of customers who allegedly never received refunds after flights were cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Woodside faces legal challenge to Scarborough gas project
A traditional custodian has taken Woodside Energy to court in a bid to halt offshore seismic blasting for its Scarborough gas project, in a legal challenge similar to one that put Santos’ $4.7 billion Barossa project on ice.
ASIC suffers significant loss in ‘illegal phoenix’ case against liquidator
The corporate regulator has failed in its case targeting an individual insolvency practitioner for alleged illegal phoenix activity.
Mercer set to admit liability in ASIC’s first greenwashing case
Mercer Superannuation is likely to admit liability in the corporate regulator’s maiden greenwashing case, a court has heard.
IAG class action says 30% GCO can’t be compared to beauty parade rates in Star cases
In its bid for a 30 per cent group costs order, the applicant in a class action against Insurance Australia Group says the percentage shouldn’t be compared to lower proposed rates -- as low as 14 per cent -- in a battle to run a class action against Star.
Judge rejects Seven’s ‘most unusual request’ to correct judgment in Roberts-Smith case
A judge has rejected a request by lawyers for Seven and the TV network's billionaire chairman, Kerry Stokes, to issue a correction to his published decision ordering the production of over 8,600 emails exchanged with Ben Roberts-Smith’s lawyers in a defamation case.
Novartis can’t have separate trial on blood pressure drug invalidity claim
Novartis has lost its bid to have Pharmacor’s claim that its patent for a blood pressure drug is invalid decided ahead of a main trial where the Swiss pharmaceutical giant will allege the generic drug maker is threatening to infringe its patent. 
ASIC loses appeal in CBA conflicted remuneration case
ASIC has lost its challenge to findings that a revenue sharing arrangement between the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and former subsidiary Colonial First State Investments did not breach conflicted remuneration provisions of the Corporations Act.
Age pension class action files High Court challenge
A class action has challenged a decision that found the age pension does not discriminate against Indigenous Australians because of differences in life expectancy, arguing the Full Court settled for formal rather than substantive equality.