Class action firms and funders will set their sights on claims related to environmental, social and governance investing, says Clayton Utzās new litigation partner Matthew Spain, but whether the game is worth the candle remains to be seen.
Mining engineering company Destec has won its bid to use evidence produced in a dispute with Mineral Resources in considering whether to bring a new case against its former director over a lucrative transportation system.
Payments processing company EML has hit back at a shareholder class action over its alleged failure to disclose Ireland central bankās concerns about its anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing compliance, claiming swathes of the case are liable to be struck out.
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.
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 āwouldnāt make senseā if they did not apply retroactively.
DRA Global has failed to keep under wraps passages from its former CEO’s lawsuit which the engineering firm argued would cause āserious reputational and commercial harmā if published.
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
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.
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.
Independent member for Sydney Alex Greenwich is preparing to bring a defamation case against One Nationās NSW leader, Mark Latham, after he published a homophobic post on Twitter last month.