Events

A judge has dismissed applications by mortgage broker Lendi Group and insurer ALI Group to declass a group proceeding over allegedly worthless mortgage insurance, saying it would be more efficient for the claims to advance as a class action. 

Payments processing company EML has agreed to pay $37.3 million to settle a shareholder class action over its alleged failure to disclose Ireland central bank’s concerns with its anti-money laundering compliance.

A judge has awarded former ABC presenter Antoinette Lattouf $70,000 in compensation after finding the national broadcaster unlawfully terminated her employment because of her opposition to the Israeli military campaign in Gaza.

The Therapeutic Goods Administration has dragged Mamamia and News Corp-owned Body + Soul magazine to Federal Court over alleged unlawful medicinal cannabis advertising.

A judge has OK'd a settlement in a class action against Treasury Wine Estates, along with $27 million in fees charged by Maurice Blackburn and Slater & Gordon, after initially questioning the difference between the firms' rates.

An Acciona unit has sued Dual Australia, claiming the insurer is on the hook for $3 million in remediation for alleged design defects by a subcontractor on a Fulton Hogan quarry in Victoria. 

Zip Co wants the High Court to weigh in on the defence of honest concurrent use in trade mark infringement cases, pointing to a “glaring inconsistency” between two recent rulings.

A judge has approved a bid by administrators of Rex to delay the next creditors’ meeting to continue talks with several potential buyers of the regional airline.

S&P has reached a settlement in a case by two Cayman Island companies over alleged defective ratings but a class action won’t settle until “hell freezes over,” a court has heard.

The engineers that provided design services for Victoria’s West Gate tunnel project have sued software provider Midas, alleging it used the wrong formula to calculate stiffness in bridge designs.