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Downer EDI hit with second shareholder class action over accounting irregularities
Class Actions 2023-05-05 4:38 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Infrastructure services company Downer EDI has been hit with a second shareholder class action following revelations of accounting irregularities that sent its share price tumbling.

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Forex broker representative loses challenge to ASIC expert opinion
ASIC 2023-04-14 4:35 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The authorised representative of forex broker Union Standard can’t exclude parts of an opinion by an ASIC-appointed expert in a case alleging it traded in margin products with Chinese clients despite knowing it was illegal under Chinese law.

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Court needs novel approaches for class actions or ‘system will collapse’, judge says
Class Actions 2023-03-27 2:15 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge overseeing a competition class action against Queensland power companies Stanwell and CS Energy has warned that judges need to be inventive in how they manage large group proceedings, otherwise the “system will collapse”.

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Settlement in Gunns class action against KPMG, directors wins court OK
Agriculture 2023-03-15 4:29 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has approved a confidential settlement in a class action against KPMG and nine former Gunns Plantations directors over the failure of six managed investment schemes for eucalyptus wood in Tasmania.

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TikTok loses trade mark battle with mortgage tech startup Tic:Toc
Baker McKenzie 2023-03-09 11:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

The owner of Chinese social media giant TikTok has lost its challenge to the registration of a trade mark for home loan tech startup Tic:Toc.

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Animal drug giant Zoetis pursues barristers, solicitor for $3.8M in class action costs
Christopher Barry 2023-03-07 11:37 pm By Christine Caulfield

Pet and livestock drug company Zoetis, which prevailed in its defence to a class action over horse vaccine Equivac, is going after the legal team that ran the unfunded case, seeking orders that the lawyers pay a big portion of its $3.8 million legal bill.

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Gunns class action settles with KPMG, former directors
Accounting 2023-03-02 10:57 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action against KPMG and nine former Gunns Plantations directors over the failure of six managed investment schemes for eucalyptus wood in Tasmania has settled for a confidential amount, with a judge poised to approve the deal.

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Gunns Plantations class action against KPMG settles with ex-Tasmanian Premier
Accounting 2023-02-08 3:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action against KPMG over the failure of six managed investment schemes for eucalyptus wood in Tasmania has settled its claims against former Tasmanian Premier Robin Gray.

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Judge approves ‘modest’ $5.8M settlement in On The Run class action
Adero Law 2023-01-27 1:38 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has approved a $5.8 million settlement in an underpayments class action against convenience store chain On The Run despite what she said was the class action law firm’s “extraordinary” reason for reaching the deal.

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Late judgment in ASIC case derails Quintis class action trial date
ASIC 2023-01-11 5:01 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has vacated an upcoming trial in shareholder class actions against former Quintis director Frank Wilson and Ernst & Young, after learning judgment in similar ASIC proceedings against Wilson will not be delivered before the class action hearing kicks off.

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