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Nuix class action investigation targets Macquarie, PwC
Banton Group 2021-05-20 9:52 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Commercial and class action firm Banton Group is investigating a shareholder class action against embattled technology company Nuix in relation to its pre-IPO disclosures which could also ensnare shareholder Macquarie and its executives, auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers and the joint lead managers on its float.

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Law firm investigating class action against Nuix over IPO
ASIC 2021-05-19 10:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Phi Finney McDonald is investigating a class action against technology company Nuix over its $2.5 billion float, following troubling reports about the Macquarie-backed company’s pre-IPO corporate governance and financial reporting.

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Judge signs off on $38.4M settlement in Estia Health class action
Bernard Quinn 2021-05-07 12:16 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A $38.4 million settlement in a shareholder class action against aged care provider Estia Health has been given the greenlight by a Federal Court judge, who also approved the funders’ recovery of after-the-event insurance, a decision that puts him at odds with some of his colleagues on the bench.

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Judge mulling $38.4M Estia settlement hears class closure rulings ‘plainly wrong’
Bernard Quinn 2021-05-04 2:49 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judge weighing a $38.4 million settlement in a shareholder class action against aged care provider Estia Health has been told that two NSW Court of Appeal judgments barring class closure were “plainly wrong”, but in deciding whether to lock group members out of the settlement the judge says he won’t need to grapple with the landmark rulings.

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Court can order class action opt out notices for limited number of group members, judge says
Anya Poukchanski 2021-04-27 9:21 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judge has found he has power to order that opt out notices be sent to a limited number of Boral shareholders eligible to join two class actions that faced off last month in a class action beauty parade.

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Biotech Mesoblast to be hit with class action over COVID-19 treatment disclosures
Class Actions 2021-04-22 9:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Australian regenerative medicine company Mesoblast faces a shareholder class action over disclosures related to its Remestemcel-L treatment for COVID-19 complications.

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Domino’s loses bid to strike out underpayments class action
Class Actions 2021-04-13 10:35 pm By Cindy Cameronne Melbourne

A judge has dismissed an application by Domino’s Pizza to strike out the pleadings in a class action accusing the pizza giant of making misleading and deceptive representations to franchisees which caused drivers to be underpaid.

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Law firm drops opt out clause from funding agreement in Boral class action
Boral 2021-04-09 3:11 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Phi Finney McDonald will amend its funding agreement with Therium in a shareholder class action against Boral after a judge found that an irrevocable opt out provision placed the law firm in a “manifest position of conflict”.

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Boral ruling a warning to class action lawyers to be on their best behaviour
Alicia Lyons 2021-04-01 3:28 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judgment in a heated carriage fight between three class actions against construction giant Boral provides some guidance to law firms about conduct that could potentially compromise their case for why they should be crowned the victor in a class action beauty parade.

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No win no fee carries law firm to victory in Boral class action beauty parade
Alicia Lyons 2021-03-31 11:13 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The law firm running its class action on a no win no fee basis has been crowned the winner in a battle against two competing firms to lead a shareholder class action against construction giant Boral, in the first such judgment handed down in the wake of a High Court ruling on competing class actions.

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