Law firms Shine Lawyers and Phi Finney McDonald have won a contest to jointly run a class action against embattled tech company Nuix, with rival Banton Group losing out on its “opaque” funding agreement.
Shine Lawyers is on track to file a class action over a COVID-19 outbreak at Newmarch House in Sydney after findings by the NSW Coroner are handed down at the end of the year.
A class action on behalf of former clients of collapsed wealth manager Dixon Advisory has filed a court bid for information on any insurance policy held by the business that might cover the mammoth claims, estimated to be worth between $278 million and $463 million.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission will not seek to enforce a $7.2 million penalty agreed to by Dixon Advisory after admitting to the regulator’s allegations that it failed to act in its clients’ best interests.
Slater & Gordon has defeated Shine Lawyers in a contest to run a shareholder class action against Beach Energy, with a judge finding Shine’s tiered contingency fee arrangement was “mere window dressing”.
A judge has approved a $20 million settlement in a sham contracting class action accusing telco contractor BSA Limited of misclassifying its workforce of technicians as independent contractors.
Shine and Phi Finney McDonald’s fallback plan to cooperatively run a class action against Nuix has come under fire, with the technology company urging the court to make the two firms compete against one another for sole carriage.
US medical device maker Boston Scientific has agreed to pay $105 million to settle a class action on behalf of Australian women implanted with one or more of the company’s pelvic mesh or sling products.
A judge overseeing the settlement approval of an underpayments class action against telco contractor BSA has questioned whether litigation funders should receive commissions lower than the market rate for running employment class actions.
Telco contractor BSA has won a bid to ringfence a $13 million capital raising from 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.