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Law firm can’t put ‘parasitic’ rival on hook for GetSwift costs
Article 2018-06-15 8:56 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Squire Patton Boggs, one of the losing law firms in the GetSwift class action beauty contest, has lost again, this time in its fight to have winning firm Phi Finney McDonald pay its legal costs.

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Judge won’t halt Quinn Emanuel AMP class action over venue fight
Adam Hochroth 2018-06-15 2:56 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A NSW Supreme Court judge refused Friday to pause one of five class actions against AMP despite an impending battle over where the cases should be heard.

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Australian regulator probes Mercedes-Benz over emissions cheat software
Class Actions 2018-06-15 11:51 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The Australian regulator that oversees car recalls is looking into whether Mercedes-Benz supplied cars in Australia that contain a defeat device, after regulators in the UK and Germany ordered mandatory recalls of cars fitted with the software used to cheat on emissions tests.

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S&P, ANZ reach deal in class actions over toxic CDOs
ANZ 2018-06-13 3:45 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

S&P Global Ratings and ANZ Banking Group have agreed to settle seven class actions over toxic financial products given healthy credit ratings ahead of the global financial crisis.

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PageUp says consumer data likely accessed in system breach
Class Actions 2018-06-12 10:10 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Facing the threat of a class action, HR software company PageUp said Tuesday that customer information was likely compromised during a recent system breach.

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Government gets ok to amend defence mid-trial in home insulation class action
ACA Lawyers 2018-06-12 3:41 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The government has won court approval to amend its defence mid-trial in a class action brought by businesses alleging they were harmed when the Rudd Government cancelled a program that subsidised home insulation installations during the economic downturn. 

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Brisbane floods class action sent to mediation
Class Actions 2018-06-11 9:23 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judge has ordered mediation in the Brisbane floods class action, in which the victims of the 2011 disaster are seeking up to $1 billion in compensation.

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Judge tells AMP to warn state court of class action venue fight
Class Actions 2018-06-08 11:35 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A federal judge on Friday set an August date to hear AMP’s arguments for why competing class actions should be moved to the NSW Supreme Court, but ordered the company to alert the state court to the brewing jurisdictional battle.  

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PageUp may face class action over data breach
Class Actions 2018-06-08 11:27 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

HR software company PageUp may be the first company to face a data breach class action in Australia following a new mandatory data breach notification scheme that should make it easier for law firms to recruit class members.

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GetSwift judge won’t be slowed by class action appeal
Class Actions 2018-06-08 10:20 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The judge who stayed two of three competing class actions against logistics software company GetSwift wants to square away a common fund order in the winning case before an appeal of his ruling is heard, over the protests of the appealing law firms.

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