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EML takes aim at shareholder class action over AML/CTF disclosures
Class Actions 2023-05-23 10:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Payments processing company EML has hit back at a shareholder class action over its alleged failure to disclose Ireland central bankā€™s concerns about its anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing compliance, claiming swathes of the case are liable to be struck out.

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Queensland charity founders win defamation case over Facebook posts
Defamation 2023-05-23 10:15 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The founders of farming charity Aussie Helpers have won a defamation case against a Victorian woman who made allegedly defamatory comments on Facebook that claimed they committed criminal fraud by using donations for personal purchases.

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‘Absurd and unworkable’: Lendlease pans ex-Greenwoods partner’s argument in tax dodge case
Employment 2023-05-22 9:16 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A sacked Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills partner seeking $13 million in compensation from his former firm and Lendlease has been criticised for claiming that whistleblower protections introduced in 2019 ā€œwouldnā€™t make senseā€ if they did not apply retroactively.

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DRA Global can’t suppress ā€˜scandalousā€™ details from ex-CEO’s $9M lawsuit
Employment 2023-05-22 5:53 pm By Cindy Cameronne

DRA Global has failed to keep under wraps passages from its former CEO’s lawsuit which the engineering firm argued would cause ā€œserious reputational and commercial harmā€ if published.

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‘Shocked’ judge eviscerates Tyro class action settlement
Class Actions 2023-05-19 11:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has approved a $5 million class action settlement against payment processor Tyro over a service outage but has shredded the proposed funder payout and legal fees that would have comprised 60 per cent of the sum, calling the costs “outrageous”.Ā 

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TPG-backed company fleeced in major scam tied to $1B climate deal, court told
Exclusive 2023-05-18 11:00 pm By Cindy Cameronne

TPG-owned Anew Climate has sued an Australian company that allegedly impersonated a US carbon offset developer by using “bogus” emails to unlawfully receive payments under a $968 million (US$640 million) investment deal, a court has heard.

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WA government faces second class action by Banksia Hill inmates
Class Actions 2023-05-18 2:41 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Law firm Levitt Robinson has filed a second class action against the Western Australian government on behalf of inmates in the state’s Banksia Hill detention centre alleging unlawful disability and age discrimination.

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Sydney MP Alex Greenwich to sue Mark Latham over homophobic tweet
Defamation 2023-05-18 2:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Independent member for Sydney Alex Greenwich is preparing to bring a defamation case against One Nationā€™s NSW leader, Mark Latham, after he published a homophobic post on Twitter last month.

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Linchpin class action concerned about ‘authenticity’ of evidence for trial
Restructuring & Insolvency 2023-05-17 1:33 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The applicant in an investor class action over the collapse of advisory firm Linchpin Capital and Endeavour Securities has raised concerns about the authenticity of Linchpin’s business records, which it wants to put into evidence at trial in two months.

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‘Not motivated by access to justice’: Funder hit with indemnity costs in copyright case
Intellectual Property 2023-05-17 3:08 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has ordered a litigation funder that bankrolled a photographerā€™s unsuccessful copyright claim against CoreLogic to pay indemnity costs to the property data analytics company, saying the funder was not ā€œmotivated by any concerns for access to justiceā€.

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