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Receptionist in Tim Paine sexting saga can’t bring harassment case against Cricket Tasmania
Dobson Mitchell Allport 2022-10-27 10:16 am By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
A former receptionist who allegedly suffered sexual harassment by Australian cricket players and managers has lost her bid to bring her case against Cricket Tasmania out of time, despite her claims of suffering ill mental health.
Noumi class action lawyers won’t commit to 22% rate in GCO bid
Alistair Pound 2022-10-26 4:31 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne
Two class action firms have refused to provide an undertaking that would fix the rate of their contingency fee in a consolidated shareholder class action against food company Noumi and auditor Deloitte over $590 million in accounting irregularities.
Judge rejects recusal bid in barrister’s disciplinary case for ‘none of your business’ remark
Anya Poukchanski 2022-10-26 3:42 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne
A judge has refused to recuse herself from hearing disciplinary proceedings brought against a barrister over complaints that she used “judicially inappropriate words” at an interlocutory hearing.
Astora’s sudden fall into bankruptcy amid pelvic mesh class action ‘troubling’, judge says
AJB Stevens 2022-10-26 4:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
A judge has stayed a class action on behalf of 6,000 women allegedly injured by defective pelvic mesh devices after Astora Women's Health filed for bankruptcy in the United States, but questioned how the company had suddenly come to have no assets.
Crane maker NQCranes agrees to $1M penalty in ACCC’s cartel case
ACCC 2022-10-26 11:36 am By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
Queensland crane company NQCranes has agreed to pay a $1 million penalty in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s case alleging it engaged in a conspiracy with a multinational rival to divide the Brisbane and Newcastle markets.
Firm running class action against Toyota gets boost from US plaintiffs firm
Automotive 2022-10-26 5:46 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne
A law firm running a class action alleging Toyota unit Hino cheated on emissions tests has teamed up with a top US firm running parallel proceedings against the car maker.
4 million Medibank customers affected by data breach
Healthcare 2022-10-26 11:17 pm By Cat Fredenburgh
Medibank's woes worsened Wednesday as the insurer revealed data for all 4 million of its current and former customers had been accessed during a cyberattack after initially reporting no customer data had been exposed.
Bayer needs ‘thoughts and prayers’ to make out privilege claim in class action, court told
Associate Justice Patricia Matthews 2022-10-25 11:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
A class action against Bayer over its allegedly defective Essure contraceptive devices has admonished the drug manufacturer’s bid to shield emails considered privileged in similar US litigation, arguing “thoughts and prayers” are needed to sustain the claim.
Facebook flags potential conflict of interest in cryptocurrency ad class action
Class Actions 2022-10-25 2:45 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne
Facebook owner Meta wants to uncover the basis on which crypto tokens have been issued to bankroll a class action over its 2018 ban on cryptocurrency ads, citing the potentially conflicted interests of the self-represented lead applicant.
ASIC sues Qoin issuer, says crypto-asset could ‘harm consumers’
ASIC 2022-10-25 12:08 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has brought proceedings against a Sydney-based issuer of Qoin that is also facing a class action, alleging it misled customers about the unregulated and ‘inherently risky’ crypto-asset.