S&P Global is fighting bids to expand a class action alleging systemic defects in its ratings systems to a new type of complex financial product and to include allegations from a US Department of Justice case in a separate suit by two Cayman Islands-based companies.
A judge has rejected Shine Lawyersâ second bid to challenge a court order that it join forces with rival Banton Group in an investor class action Blue Sky Alternative Investments and auditor EY, saying the firmâs funder LCM was trying to âtake the bat and ball and go home.â Federal Court Justice Michael Lee rejected…
A judge has thrown out a long-running class action on behalf of 20 local councils in NSW alleging insurer JLT Risk Solutions charged them hundreds of millions of dollars in excessive premiums over nine years.
A shareholder class action against a2 Milk has won its bid to include claims under New Zealand law over the dairy company’s disclosures to the New Zealand stock exchange.
Mineral exploration company Kupang Resources has lost its battle for access to documents produced to the ATO by a former director accused of embezzling millions of dollars.
ClubsNSW has lost a bid to keep its contempt of court case against whistleblower Troy Stolz and YouTuber Jordan Shanks secret, with a judge finding âthe interests of open justice are paramountâ.
A consolidated class actionâs bid to include claims concerning dairy company a2 Milkâs disclosures to the New Zealand stock exchange is in doubt, despite broad agreement between the parties that the claims can be pursued in Victoria.
Mining company Kupang Resources has asked the High Court to weigh in on its bid for tax office documents as it litigates to recoup millions of dollars allegedly embezzled by the company’s former shadow director.
A judge has allowed two law firms to jointly run a consolidated shareholder class action against dairy company a2 Milk, saying the arrangement was in the interests of group members and was “not novel”.
Two law firms are set to work âhand in gloveâ in their proposed consolidated shareholder class actions against a2 Milk, with one senior barrister to be dropped as part of the ârationalisationâ of the combined team.