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The decision by a federal judge to refuse calls for a confidentiality order keeping under wraps S&P Global's massive class action settlement is a welcome one, experts say, and a preview of judgments to come.
Murray Goulburn and its former CEO appear to be nearing a settlement with the consumer watchdog over claims the dairy producer misled farmers in three states about farmgate milk prices.
S&P Global will pay $215 million to settle six consolidated class actions brought by investors over toxic CDOs, a figure revealed by the Federal Court on Thursday despite calls that it be kept secret.
A group of 61 business owners has filed a class action against the NSW government alleging they suffered losses as a result of the Sydney Light Rail project.
A Federal Court judge has criticised Volkswagen for being "uncooperative" in refusing to tell the court who authorised the defeat device at the heart of the auto giant's diesel emissions cheating scandal.
AMP has prevailed in a hard-fought fight over where it will defend five shareholder class actions brought in the wake of the Banking Royal Commission, in a precedent-setting judgement that provides a road map for future jurisdictional battles over competing class actions.
Lawyers wants to expand the class action brought against the Ford Motor Company of Australia over allegedly defective Powershift transmissions, seeking court approval to increase the class size and bring new unconscionable conduct claims.
Six major car companies indicated Tuesday they were open to a quick settlement of class actions brought on behalf of potentially hundreds of thousands of Australian drivers whose cars were fitted with defective and deadly Takata airbags.
A file note from a Herbert Smith Freehills lawyer is protected by legal professional privilege, a judge has ruled, shooting down a claim by the CFMMEU that the note may have been part of an unlawful scheme to block its merger with two other unions.
A judge has found two patents held by an Eli Lilly & Co. unit for erectile dysfunction drug Cialis are valid and that generic manufacturer Apotex threatened to infringe the patents.