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Marketing firms face multimillion dollar wage theft class actions
Class Actions 2018-06-04 11:22 am By Christine Caulfield

In the wake of a major ruling approving a wage class action against fundraiser Appco, more “sham” contracting suits were launched Monday, this time against two international direct marketing companies.

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Unlockd and loaded: A startup takes on Google
Analysis 2018-06-01 10:21 pm By Christine Caulfield

Unlockd’s case against Google is the first action in Australia to test a revamped law prohibiting misuse of market power, and one of the first private cases in the world to challenge Google’s dominance in court. For both sides, the stakes couldn’t be higher.

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ANZ, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup face criminal cartel charges
White Collar 2018-06-01 9:57 am By Christine Caulfield

ANZ, Deustche Bank and Citigroup will be hit with criminal charges over an alleged cartel involving the institutional equity placement of ANZ shares that raised $2.5 billion in capital.

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Contingency fee ban on lawyers should be lifted, says law reform commission
Class Actions 2018-05-31 10:33 pm By Christine Caulfield

Class action lawyers should be able to enter into contingency fee arrangements, the Australian Law Reform Commission said Thursday as part of proposals to reform the country’s much maligned class action regime.

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Jobs Minister Michaelia Cash to fight AWU subpoena in raids case
Employment 2018-05-30 10:07 pm By Christine Caulfield

Employment Minister Michaelia Cash vowed Thursday to challenge a subpoena ordered by the Federal Court to appear as a witness in a case over last year’s raids on the offices of the Australian Workers’ Union.

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Optus prevails in Telstra suit over ‘Empires End’ ad
Telecommunications 2018-05-30 3:21 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has lifted an injunction against an Optus ad campaign after ruling that Telstra failed to make its case that the ‘Empires End’ campaign was misleading or deceptive.

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Funder gets $30M in landmark class action creating common fund
Class Actions 2018-05-30 11:56 am By Christine Caulfield

The litigation funder behind the Federal Court’s precedential ruling that established the first common fund order in an Australian class action has secured a $30.75 million payout in the case.

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Tractor maker Agrison named in bushfire class action
Product Liability 2018-05-29 10:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

Tractor company Agrison has been added as a defendant in a class action brought by victims of the 2015 bushfire near Ballarat that ripped through 4,000 hectares and destroyed 12 homes.

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Airline settles with brain surgeon over jammed pinky finger
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-05-29 2:33 pm By Christine Caulfield

Austrian Airlines has resolved a case brought by a brain surgeon who claimed his pinky finger was permanently damaged after it was caught in a fold-out tray table during a flight.

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Fair Work Ombudsman wins accessorial liability fine against MCG cleaner
Employment 2018-05-29 11:45 am By Christine Caulfield

A surprise, late-night visit by Fair Work inspectors to the Melbourne Cricket Ground has led to a fine against a global cleaning company for a subcontractor’s underpayment of staff, one of the first accessorial liability fines secured by the Ombudsman.

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