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Law firms pounce on Star Entertainment as fourth class action filed
Class Actions 2023-02-07 12:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A four-way fight to lead a shareholder class action against Star Entertainment could be on the cards after a fourth law firm filed a representative proceeding alleging the company’s share price plummeted following revelations of alleged money-laundering breaches.

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Arnold Bloch Leibler defeats negligence case over handling of Ken Talbot’s estate
Professional Negligence 2023-02-06 4:56 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The widow of mining executive Ken Talbot has lost a case alleging law firms Arnold Bloch Leibler and Boyd Legal mishandled her late husband’s estate after a judge found she had a “stated intention to destroy” the estate lawyer.

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Nursing home in COVID-19 class action asked to hand over insurance info
Class Actions 2023-02-06 10:29 am By Cindy Cameronne

A class action against a Victorian aged care home over alleged major failures during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has asked the facility to hand over insurance information and evidence of its financial position. 

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McDonald’s wins privilege spat in case brought by ex-franchisee after viral video
Franchises 2023-02-06 2:10 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A former McDonald’s franchisee has lost his challenge to a privilege claim by the fast food giant in his lawsuit alleging he was wrongly dropped after questioning his neighbour’s Indigenous identity in a 2019 viral video recording an altercation over an Aboriginal flag.

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Pelvic mesh applicant wants Shine’s former class action head to keep case
Class Actions 2023-02-03 5:00 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The applicant in a Shine Lawyers-run class action against Boston Scientific over alleged defective pelvic mesh wants to switch legal representation, taking her business to Shine’s former class actions head, who recently parted ways with the firm to launch her own boutique.

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‘High end of careless’: Wilsons Advisory pays $550,000 for market integrity rules breach
Financial Services 2023-02-03 11:51 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Wilsons Advisory and Stockbroking has paid a $548,328 penalty after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission found its reported Trade With Price Improvement products did not offer price improvement.

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Flight attendant unfairly sacked from billionaire Paul Lederer’s private plane: FWC
Employment 2023-02-03 11:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A business owned by billionaire and soccer team owner Paul Lederer unfairly dismissed a flight attendant who worked on his private jet because she refused to change hotels during a stopover, the Fair Work Commission has found.

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‘Scandalous episode of corporate misconduct’: Judge OKs $1M GetSwift class action settlement
Securities 2023-02-02 3:41 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has approved a $1 million settlement in a shareholder class action against failed tech start-up GetSwift that leaves the law firm running the matter taking a “massive haircut” and the funder $5.5 million out of pocket.

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Forge Group defeats challenge to insider trading case over $187M sale
Appeals 2023-02-02 5:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Collapsed engineering firm Forge Group has defeated an appeal seeking to block its liquidators from bringing a case against engineering company Clough Limited for alleged insider trading during the 2013 sale of a $187 million stake in the company.

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ABC war crimes coverage defamed ex-commando, court finds
Defamation 2023-02-01 1:09 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has found that the ABC defamed ex-commando Heston Russell by implying he was involved in murdering an Afghan prisoner, but he rejected claims that the broadcaster’s coverage implied he was actively responsible as the shooter. 

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