New lawsuit

Shareholders in lending platform Marketlend can bring a derivative suit against its directors for allegedly misusing company funds, including spending $1.3 million on barrister chambers fees. 

Seven is facing another workplace lawsuit by a former journalist, with former Spotlight reporter Amelia Saw accusing the TV network of general protections breaches under the Fair Work Act.

A second law firm has filed a class action against Harvey Norman alleging it sold extended warranties to customers that had “no real value”.

Harvey Norman has been hit with a class action on behalf of customers who paid hundreds of millions of dollars for allegedly “worthless” warranties that offered zero added protection.

Regional broadcaster WIN has sued TVSN alleging the home shopping network breached its negotiation obligations because a deal with Seven was in the works.

Domino’s has been stung with shareholder class action accusing the pizza giant of misleading the market about its expected performance in Japan. 

A Sydney law firm has filed a class action accusing private equity-owned medical device maker Exactech of supplying faulty joint implants that were subject to deterioration due to a packaging defect, caused serious medical complications in patients. 

Westpac’s head of audit and risk has taken her employer to court, claiming the bank shut down her compliance concerns about its shuttered mortgage broking subsidiary RAMS and stigmatised her as a “troublemaker” after she made repeated inquiries into the matter.

The managing director of legal recruiter Mahlab allegedly told an employee representing a female client who had received an employment offer from Bayer that she should not “worry about the gender pay gap”, according to a new lawsuit.

Isuzu is the latest car maker to be stung with a class action for allegedly using defeat devices to cheat on emissions tests, and many more car makers may find themselves in the crosshairs over the “common practice”.