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A contradictor in two pelvic mesh class actions against Johnson & Johnson has opposed Shine Lawyers recovering $100 million in costs from a $300 million settlement, which a judge has preliminarily found is not fair and reasonable to group members.
Santos has lost its challenge to a judge's decision to revoke approval for its $4.7 billion offshore gas project because Tiwi Islanders were not properly consulted about the project.
Mining company Quantum Graphite has filed proceedings against accounting firm Grant Thornton over a 2020 report that caused the Australian Stock Exchange to suspend trading in the mining company’s securities for 14 months.
A judge has cut a funder's commission by 33 per cent after approving a $20 million settlement in a sham contracting class action against telco contractor BSA Limited, finding that funders should receive “significantly lower” payouts in employment cases.
A judge has pulled up legal teams in a class action against the state of Victoria on behalf of businesses that allegedly suffered loss from the 2020 hotel quarantine debacle, saying progress in the case has been “extremely slow”.
A judge has raised doubts about ex-commando Heston Russell's barrister's claims that it "screamed from the page" of an allegedly defamatory ABC article that her client committed war crimes.
Despite recent class actions against Medibank and Optus for cybersecurity breaches, class actions over cyber attacks will not become common because they involve “a lot of work for not a lot of money”, a lawyer has predicted.
Australian sports promoters TEG Live and Left Field Live have sued Scottish football team the Rangers for at least $3 million after the club allegedly backed out of a Sydney match with rival Celtic.
Ashurst will open an office in Seoul through after a joint venture with a local firm won approval in a legal market first.
A judge has approved a confidential settlement in a class action on behalf of 383 apartment owners in Sydney’s Opal Tower but slashed the amount sought by the funder.