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Average payout to TFS pelvic mesh class action members kept out of notice
A class action on behalf of women injured by alleged defective pelvic mesh will not advise group members the estimated average return from the proceeds of a settlement against defunct device manufacturer TFS’ insurer because it would be "cruel".
Crown backpays $1.2M to employees wrongly classified as award-free
Casino operator Crown Resorts has agreed to backpay employees more than $1.2 million, after the company notified the Fair Work Ombudsman that it had underpaid workers at its Melbourne and Perth locations for almost six years. 
Developer says Full Court ‘plainly wrong’ in tossing ACCC’s case against NSW Ports
A New South Wales developer will mount a challenge to a Full Court decision that tossed the ACCC’s competition case against NSW Ports over an agreement to privatise two ports, arguing the majority ruling was “plainly wrong”.
Quintis founder’s estate sequestered, in win for company with $15M claim
A court has ordered the estate of Frank Wilson, founder of failed sandalwood producer Quintis, to be sequestered in a claim brought by Quintis subsidiary Arwon to recover an unpaid $15 million debt. 
Human rights lawyers can intervene in ATO whistleblower case
The Human Rights Law Centre has been given the go ahead to intervene as amicus curiae in the case of ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle, after a March ruling that the former debt collection officer could not rely on statutory whistleblower protections
7-Eleven class action funder disputes ‘strong reasons’ for denying CFO
A litigation funder whose cut of a $98 million settlement in franchise class actions against 7-Eleven was slashed in half is challenging a judge's finding that "strong reasons" exist to refuse it a common fund order.
$29M settlement in Westpac class action gets green light
A judge has approved a $29 million settlement in a class action against Westpac over 'junk' consumer credit insurance, a deal that earns the bank's customers at least $19.6 million. 
Last chance for class action against NAB to ‘get house in order’, judge warns
A judge has admonished a class action applicant over continuing delays in a four-year-old class action against NAB which he said “should not be allowed to languish any longer”.
Chobani loses test case over GST on Flip yoghurt range
Chobani has lost a dispute over the tax office's recent decision to apply GST to the US yoghurt maker's Flip range.
Claws out: Monster Energy appeals loss in trade mark dispute with MuscleTech
Monster Energy has lodged a Federal Court appeal after failing to block supplements retailer MuscleTech from registering a new logo that it alleges is similar to its own M claw mark.