Electronics retailer JB Hi-Fi has been hit with a landmark class action alleging it sold worthless extended warranties to customers for over a decade.
Medibank has asked a judge to put the kibosh on class action-style proceedings filed with the OAIC, arguing findings inconsistent with those in a class action over its October 2022 data breach could do damage to the public’s view of the court.
A class action against BHP over the collapse of a Brazilian dam has appealed a judgment that found shareholders who did not purchase their stock on one of the three exchanges on which the mining giant is listed are excluded from the case.
Personal injury law firm Gerard Malouf & Partners has hit back at Maurice Blackburnās challenge to its class action experience in a fight for carriage of a class action against a Toyota unit, saying the top US firm it has partnered with to run the case trumped the major Australian plaintiff firm “on every conceivable dimensionā.
Crown Resorts is seeking $10 million in security for costs from the law firm running a shareholder class action accusing it of lax anti-money laundering compliance, arguing the sum is justified in light of the firmās potential recovery under a tiered group costs order.
Gilbert + Tobin and the funder backing a class action against Jaguar Land Rover over allegedly defective diesel filters have given an undertaking that they won’t seek more than 25 per cent of any settlement or judgment, sealing the deal to run the case after triumphing in a carriage contest.
A judge has signed off on a $110 million settlement in a long-running shareholder class action against AMP over its fees-for-no-service conduct, including $26 million in costs for law firm Maurice Blackburn.
The Australian arm of global CEO advisory firm Teneo has rejected claims in a lawsuit by the former head of the company’s APAC talent advisory division that it forced her to work unreasonable hours and says it fired her for “serious and wilful” misconduct.
A judge has approved the first settlement in dozens of negligence cases against the Minister for Home Affairs on behalf of refugees detained by the Australian government on the island of Nauru.
BHP has won its argument that shareholders who did not purchase their stock while trading on one of the three exchanges on which the mining giant is listed are excluded from a securities class action over the collapse of a Brazil tailings dam.