In reasons for approving a $41 million deal to settle one of three shareholder class actions over Slater & Gordon’s acquisition of a UK firm and awarding the funder 28 per cent, a judge has challenged a persistent notion that the interests of litigation funders and group members are at odds.
Sportsbet has won an injunction preventing the owner of the sportsbet.com domain from prosecuting an action in the US, which a judge said sought to interfere with an Australian domain name battle “in the most stark fashion.”
Hitting back at ASIC’s claims it misled investors and breached disclosure rules, technology company Nuix says it had no knowledge it was failing to meet its FY21 forecast and didn’t need to disclose to investors draft documents showing missed internal targets.
A judge has vacated an upcoming trial in shareholder class actions against former Quintis director Frank Wilson and Ernst & Young, after learning judgment in similar ASIC proceedings against Wilson will not be delivered before the class action hearing kicks off.
Class action settlement sums reached new highs last year, with the ten largest agreements totalling almost $1 billion, almost half of which was secured by one plaintiff law firm.
Retail Food Group has agreed to a settlement worth $10 million in ACCC proceedings alleging the franchise giant misled purchasers of loss-making stores about the viability of its stores.
A judge has granted the Pokemon Company’s request for a temporary injunction restraining an Australian business from developing an augmented reality game featuring its popular Pokemon characters and selling related NFTs.
Gold Coast ‘finfluencer’ Tyson Scholz provided illegal financial services by giving tips on his Instagram account and to customers who paid for access to his seminars and ‘Black Wolf Pit’ chat room, a judge has found.
The Pokemon Company has taken an Australian business to court for allegedly threatening to release Pokemon non-fungible tokens for use in an augmented reality game without the copyright owner’s permission.
A law firm has lost its bid to challenge a court order that it join forces with a competing firm in an investor class action against Blue Sky Alternative Investments and auditor EY.