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‘Replete with error’: Firm fights $5.4M security order in Macquarie class action
Class Actions 2024-11-28 11:13 pm By Sam Matthews

A law firm is challenging an order that it pay $5.4 million in a class action against Macquarie Leasing as security for the lender’s costs, saying concerns about its borrowing capacity were ā€œtheoretical and speculative.ā€

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Google faces potential class action over AdTech dominance
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-11-26 1:21 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Google is facing a class action investigation into whether its allegedly anti-competitive conduct in the advertising technology market caused publishers to receive less revenue than the otherwise would have.

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Group members get nothing in RoundUp class action settlement
Product Liability 2024-11-22 11:14 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has approved a settlement in a class action against Monsanto under which group members will get nothing, after he rejected claims that the company’s Roundup weed killer is carcinogenic.

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Slater & Gordon denies firing HR head for reporting underpayments
Employment 2024-11-20 3:08 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Slater & Gordon has hit back at a suit by its former head of human resources, who claims she was axed after raising concerns about underpayments, arguing she was fired for misconduct.

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CBA slams class actions’ ‘misguided’ theory on appeal
Class Actions 2024-11-19 11:03 pm By Sam Matthews

CBA has attacked two failed class actions’ “misguided” appeal, arguing that requiring companies to disclose incomplete information to shareholders would distort the market.

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Judgment in CBA class actions could affect insider trading cases, Full Court told
Class Actions 2024-11-19 11:42 pm By Sam Matthews

The Full Court has heard that a judge’s finding on materiality in two failed shareholder class actions against CBA could haveĀ ā€œtroublingā€ repercussions for insider trading cases and must be overturned.

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CBA class action judge used ‘far too onerous’ test, appeals court told
Class Actions 2024-11-18 11:38 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Two failed class actions against CBA claim a judge used a ā€œfar too onerous testā€ for materiality in deciding whether the bank should have told the market about deficiencies in its anti-money laundering systems.Ā 

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Seven settles lawsuit by ex-Spotlight reporter
Employment 2024-11-18 2:40 pm By Christine Caulfield

Seven Network has resolved a workplace lawsuit by former Spotlight reporter Amelia Saw, but the details of the settlement, like the case itself, are under wraps.

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Judge worries compensation for axed Qantas ground crew ‘going off into never never’
Employment 2024-11-15 2:11 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has raised concerns about delays in paying three former Qantas baggage handlers compensation after an appeals court agreed they were illegally sacked and replaced with contractors during the COVID-19 pandemic.Ā 

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Uber accused of refusing rides for blind passenger at Melbourne Airport
Discrimination 2024-11-14 4:15 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Uber and Melbourne Airport are facing a claim after a blind passenger and his seeing eye dog were allegedly refused rides.

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