A judge who ordered the first ever group costs order in a class action has found that the costs of the application should be borne by the class action.
Melbourne-based hard assets investment manager Merricks Capital has filed court proceedings to block its ex-managing director and two other former employees from working at a investment boutique run by financial commentator Peter Switzer and his son Marty.
A judge has criticised the Andrews government for withholding information about the alleged transmission of COVID-19 to a security guard working in hotel quarantine in a class action claiming lapses in the program caused Victorian businesses to suffer losses.
Regenerative medicine company Mesoblast has been hit with a second class action for allegedly misleading shareholders about it Remestemcel-L treatment for COVID-19 complications.
The Federal Court has ordered social media giant Twitter to produce information related to a user on the platform who goes by the name PRGuy.
Technicians bringing a class action against BSA have argued it should double its first settlement payment using money raised in its 2022 prospectus after the telco contractor filed an “urgent” bid to ringfence capital raisings from the $20 million payout.
The law firm behind Australia’s first privacy class action is investigating a recent breach which left the personal information of thousands of participants in the National Disability Insurance Scheme exposed.
An IP boutique in a lawsuit against two former lawyers who left to launch a rival firm has alleged documents it sought from the pair had been destroyed or deleted.
A former Nuix director appointed by Macquarie Bank must give evidence in person as the embattled tech company argues a claim brought by its former CEO is off by $140 million.
Telco contractor BSA has sued for declarations that cash raised from its 2022 prospectus cannot go towards a $20 million settlement reached with group members in a Shine Lawyers-led class action accusing the company of misclassifying its workforce of technicians as independent contractors.