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Iluka class action lands new funder, but $1.25M security outstanding
Class Actions 2019-05-30 8:49 pm By Amelia Birnie

The applicants in the Iluka Resources shareholder class action have been given a two month extension to provide a $1.25 million security for costs, after they managed to secure an in-principle deal with a new litigation funder.

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Motorola accuses Hytera of ‘industrial espionage on a grand scale’
Intellectual Property 2019-05-30 8:37 pm By Amelia Birnie

Motorola has slammed Hytera for engaging in ā€œindustrial espionage on a grand scaleā€, after more than a thousand Motorola-branded documents were found in the possession of the Chinese radio maker.

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Quinn Emanuel to appeal loss in AMP class action beauty parade
Class Actions 2019-05-29 5:08 pm By Miklos Bolza

Law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has told the court it will appeal a judgment permanently staying its shareholder class action against AMP over the wealth manager’s fees for no service scandal.

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Investors to get their day in court over Credit Suisse ‘MINI’ warrants
Securities 2019-05-29 4:01 pm By Miklos Bolza

A Federal Court judge has ruled he has jurisdication to hear a case brought by a group of investors against a unit of Credit Suisse over complex derivative products known as MINI warrants, despite the bank’s argument that the claims allege breach of contract under common law, not federal law.

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Appeals court in BHP class action battle questions superiority of no win, no fee model
Appeals 2019-05-27 11:45 pm By Christine Caulfield

Maurice Blackburn’s funding model rejected by a judge overseeing a beauty parade of class actions against BHP appeared structured to incentivise the firm to push up its legal fees, an appeals court said Monday on the first day of a high stakes hearing challenging a decision to shut down two of three competing cases against the mining giant.

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NAB takes captive insurer, Lloyd’s units to court over coverage dispute
Insurance 2019-05-27 11:06 pm By Miklos Bolza

The National Australia Bank has filed a lawsuit against its Singapore-based captive insurance unit and three syndicates of global insurance giant Lloyd’s seeking coverage for two consumer redress schemes related to the bank’s sale of interest rate hedging products and fixed rate tailored business loans.

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Competition heavyweights to represent Vodafone, TPG in landmark merger challenge
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-05-24 9:58 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Elite competition groups Allens Ā and Herbert Smith Freehills will represent Vodafone and TPG in their lawsuit filed Friday challenging the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s opposition to their proposed $15 billion tie-up.

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PWC claims privilege against self-incrimination in fight over Vocation audit files
Class Actions 2019-05-22 8:42 pm By Christine Caulfield

Accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers is resisting a notice to produce audit files in a consolidated shareholder class action over the collapse of education and training company Vocation, arguing its partners face a real risk of criminal and civil penalty proceedings and are entited to claim privilege against self-incrimination.

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ANZ brings on class actions ace as new group GC
People In The News 2019-05-21 8:43 pm By Christine Caulfield

ANZ has recruited seasoned class actions lawyer Ken Adams to be its next group general counsel as the bank faces two cases over a botched share placement and braces for the possibility of more litigation in the wake of the Banking Royal Commission.

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Class action says UGL should have forecast $129M loss on Ichthys LNG project
Class Actions 2019-05-21 8:00 pm By Miklos Bolza

UGL knew a loss for its Ichthys power project was “looming” as early as February 2014, according to amended pleadings in a shareholder class action, which claims the engineering firm should have forecast a loss of $129 million for the project.

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