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AGL cops a $25M penalty for overcharging welfare recipients
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-12-19 11:28 pm By Andy Sidler

Energy provider AGL has been slapped with a $25 million penalty after it continued to deduct payments from around 500 welfare recipients after they had closed their accounts.

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Law firms to join forces in class actions against Coles, Woolworths
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-12-11 11:05 am By Cindy Cameronne

Two law firms that were set to run competing class actions against Coles and Woolworths over alleged illusory discounts have reached an in-principle agreement to collaborate.

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Honda must pay dealer $13.6M for contract breaches
Automotive 2024-12-09 4:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has ordered Honda to pay $13.6 million in damages to dealer Brighton Automotive in a suit over the car maker’s move away from a dealership model. 

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‘Risks in every case’: Judge questions contingency fee in IAG class action
Insurance 2024-12-05 4:19 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has questioned a contingency fee bid by Slater & Gordon in a class action against Insurance Australia, saying the risks of the case were inherent to almost every class action.

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$272M settlement approved in Uber class actions
Class Actions 2024-12-02 10:25 am By Cindy Cameronne

The judge overseeing class actions against Uber has approved a $271.8 million settlement, which includes an $82 million deduction for the funder and $39 million for the firm that ran the cases.

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ANZ, OnePath class action members to pocket 65% of settlement if costs OK’d
Class Actions 2024-11-13 11:35 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The law firm running a class action against ANZ and superannuation trustee OnePath wants a 29.4 per cent cut of the $50 million settlement, having run the case on a no win, no fee basis. 

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Honda tells court it should be on the hook for $12M in spat with dealer
Contracts 2024-11-12 11:17 pm By Andy Sidler

Dealer Brighton Automative is gunning for $13.9 million in damages after Honda cut its contract off prematurely, with Honda hopeful the figure is more like $12.1 million. 

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Medibank says Deloitte data breach report not relevant in shareholder class action
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-10-29 11:43 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Medibank is seeking to shield from a shareholder class action an “irrelevant” post-incident report by Deloitte into its massive October 2022 data breach.

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United Petroleum dodges class action defence until security bid reheard
Class Actions 2024-10-11 11:27 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

United Petroleum and director Ari Silver can wait for the rehearing of a security for costs bid before filing defences to a franchisee class action alleging misleading conduct.

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ANZ, OnePath to pay $50M in super class action settlement
Settlement 2024-10-03 11:19 pm By Christine Caulfield

Big Four bank ANZ and superannuation trustee OnePath will pay $50 million to settle a class action brought on behalf of super members allegedly charged excessive fees.

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