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Judge orders soft class closure in Medibank shareholder class action
Class Actions 2024-08-23 11:50 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has made soft class closure orders in a shareholder class action against Medibank after the High Court has been asked to resolve a split on the issue by intermediate appellate courts.

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Firm accused of copying rivals’ class action pleadings loses IC Markets beauty parade
Class Actions 2024-08-02 10:13 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Two judges have declined to award carriage of a class action against International Capital Markets over risky derivative products to a firm accused of plagiarising its rivals’ pleading.

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Law firm’s bid for $12.8M cut of G8 class action needs more evidence, court told
Class Actions 2024-07-26 10:59 pm By Cindy Cameronne

In the first-ever settlement approval hearing involving a group costs order, a contradictor has argued that Slater & Gordon should have provided the court with more information on legal costs and internal rate of return as part of its bid for a $12.8 million contingency fee.

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Uber class action judge to appoint contradictor team to advise on objections to $272M settlement
Class Actions 2024-07-24 11:30 pm By Christine Caulfield

The judge considering a $272 million settlement in class actions against Uber will appoint a pair of contradictors to advise her on the hundreds of objections lobbed against the agreement.

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Former OnePath chair ‘not cooperating’ in ANZ class action, court told
Class Actions 2024-07-23 1:59 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The ex-chair of former ANZ unit OnePath “has not been cooperating” in a class action alleging it breached its duties as a trustee of superannuation funds by slugging members with excessive fees to pay commissions to financial advisers, a court has heard. 

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Law firms take aim at rival’s ‘copied’ pleadings in battle to run IC Markets class action
Class Actions 2024-07-04 11:08 pm By Sam Matthews

In a contest to run a class action against International Capital Markets over risky derivative products, a proposed consolidated proceeding has taken aim at third-to-file Banton Group for allegedly copying its case. 

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‘Contrary to commercial reality’: Google takes aim at Epic Games’ competition case
Trials 2024-07-02 11:47 pm By Sam Matthews

Google has slammed Fortnite game maker Epic Games’ landmark competition case against it as “contrary to commercial reality”, saying its competition with rival tech giant Apple means it is no monopolist.

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Apple decries Epic Games’ attempted ‘freeriding’ in competition case over lucrative app stores
Trials 2024-06-28 11:48 pm By Sam Matthews

In a landmark competition case, Apple has told the Federal Court that Epic Games and other developers should not be allowed to “freeride” on the resources and user base the tech giant has “spent many billions” to develop. 

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Five years in, Meta goes on offensive in competition case by social media start-up
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-06-27 11:15 pm By Sam Matthews

Five years after it was first hit with a competition case by Dialogue Consulting, Meta has filed a cross-claim against the Melbourne social media company, alleging it collects and stores Instagram user login credentials and instructs clients to provide inaccurate information to the platform.

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Google attacked for ‘untruthful evidence’, failure to call top execs in Epic Games trial
Trials 2024-06-25 11:55 pm By Sam Matthews

Epic Games has taken aim at Google for the “untruthful evidence” of its witnesses in the game maker’s competition case against the tech giant, as well as its failure to call senior executives to the stand to defend itself. 

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