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Star Entertainment faces second class action over money laundering compliance
Class Actions 2022-11-07 10:54 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Star Entertainment Group has been served with a second shareholder class action over disclosures relating to its anti-money laundering controls, a month after it was slapped with a $100 million fine.

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Sydney’s $3B light rail was a ‘train wreck’, class action trial told
Adam Hochroth 2022-11-07 4:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A class action on behalf of 3,500 business owners along Sydney’s light rail route has told a court that group members bore the brunt of the project’s delayed construction, described as “a train wreck which could be predicted from a mile away”.

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GetSwift class action applicant must ‘bite the bullet’, judge says
Alan Shearer 2022-11-04 5:15 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A judge overseeing a shareholder class action against the now failed GetSwift has urged the applicant to decide soon if he will forge ahead with a problematic settlement, seek summary judgment or wait to see what comes of the parent company’s bankruptcy case.

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Allianz to see law firms’ ATE policy in class action over ‘junk’ car insurance
Allianz 2022-11-04 2:47 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The applicants in a consumer class action against Allianz have been ordered to produce an insurance policy that covers them for the risk of losing the case, which the insurer says will inform its bid for security for costs.

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Fonterra to pay $25M to settle class action over slashed milk prices
Adley Burstyner 2022-11-04 12:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Fonterra has agreed to shell out $25 million to settle a class action by dairy farmers alleging they were underpaid when Fonterra slashed milk prices and sought a “clawback” in 2016.

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Class action trial looms for CBA over money laundering disclosures
AUSTRAC 2022-11-03 11:59 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia faces trial Monday in one of several class actions filed against a major Australian company in recent years over allegedly lax money laundering practices and disclosures.

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Wilson Security hit with second wage class action, this one run by lawyers
Adero Law 2022-11-02 11:21 pm By Christine Caulfield

A law firm has filed a class action against Wilson Security on behalf of employees who claim to have been underpaid, just weeks after a court shut down a group proceeding against the company brought by a self-represented worker.

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Judge warns Domino’s about ‘trial by ambush’ as underpayments class action hearing kicks off
Class Actions 2022-11-02 9:07 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A judge has slammed Domino’s for its “entirely unsatisfactory” opening submissions in an underpayments class action, warning the pizza giant not to hide arguments and evidence up its sleeve.

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‘Not a suburban golf club’: Judge slams delays in Blue Sky class action
Banton Group 2022-11-02 2:38 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A judge has criticised the applicant in a class action against failed asset manager Blue Sky Alternative Investments for filing court documents late, as he prepares to grapple with an imminent competing class action.

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Judge blames law firm for delays in Romeo’s class actions
Adero Law 2022-10-31 1:08 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A judge overseeing two underpayments class actions against supermarket chain Romeo’s has rejected a bid for a private costs assessor by Adero Law, which will now go unpaid until at least January.

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