Settlement

Instagram owner Meta has settled a competition case brought by a marketing company that alleged the social media giant engaged in anti-competition conduct when it barred the start-up from accessing the platform in 2019.

A former partner at BlackBay Lawyers has settled his dispute with the Sydney defamation firm.

The lawyers and funder behind a settled class action against AMP will ask a court to OK fees and commission totalling almost $22 million, a bill that leaves just $7 million for group members but represents a $43 million loss on actual costs.

A settlement has been struck in a negligence class action against cosmetic surgeon Daniel Lanzer and his clinic over alleged botched surgeries.

A pro-Israel activist has been hit with indemnity costs after a judge found a settlement deed with Newtown, Sydney restaurant Cairo Takeaway had been breached when his solicitor leaked details of the agreement to journalists.

Commonwealth Bank and its former wealth management arm Colonial First State have agreed to pay $249 million to settle a class action worth $900 million that would have tested a novel theory of corporate responsibility with implications for companies’ use of AI.

A judge has criticised the principal of boutique firm Adero Law for not doing enough to contact group members to share in a $19.25 million settlement in an underpayments class action against hospitality giant Merivale, including conducting a Google search.

Roadside assistance company NRMA has resolved a Fair Work case by a former in-house lawyer who alleged she was dismissed after making a whistleblower complaint.

A law firm that ran a consumer class action by franchisees will recover less than a third of the costs it incurred in running the case after a small settlement was reached.

A class action over Victoria's hotel quarantine debacle that settled for $125 million will seek a record $37.5 million cut for law firm Quinn Emanuel and $250,000 payment for the lead applicant, which was subjected to "public ridicule and hatred" during the matter.