Australia’s largest private health insurer Medibank has been hit with a shareholder class action in the wake of a massive cyberattack that left the data of 10 million customers exposed.
Former senator Rex Patrick has brought novel proceedings against the Attorney-General seeking access to letters concerning the 2020 âsports rortsâ scandal and challenging the government’s policy of denying access to documents after a minister has changed jobs.
In a class action long delayed by a battle over foreign shareholders, BHP Group has finally filed a defence, denying it misled shareholders over a failed Brazilian dam and saying knowledge about the risk of collapse cannot be imputed to the Melbourne-headquartered energy giant.
A group member in a class action against J&J unit Depuy International can receive compensation for out of pocket expenses associated with an alleged defective knee implant, despite having been paid by WorkSafe Victoria, a court has found.
Downer EDI is facing a possible shareholder class action after the construction giant revealed accounting irregularities had caused it to overstate its revenue by as much as $40 million.
A law firm and several peak bodies for professionals in the corporate sphere have criticised the Australian Securities and Investments Commissionâs enforcement track record, saying the regulator is inefficient and fails to properly address misconduct.
A busy judge has pushed the parties in a class action against agrochemical giant Monsanto to split the trial to focus first on the question of whether the company’s Roundup weed killer causes cancer so that he can avoid writing a judgment of âhundreds and hundredsâ of pages.
A judge has rejected a bid by Independent Monique Ryanâs chief of staff Sally Rugg to keep her job until her âhotly contestedâ suit against the MP is resolved, saying she was âfar from persuadedâ that Rugg actually wants to return to work.
Lawyerly’s Litigation Law Firms of 2022 racked up precedent-setting victories in a year that continued to see major developments in class action law.
A judge has largely approved the funder’s commission and legal fees to be deducted from a $192.5 million settlement of a class action against oil company PTTEP, despite the costs halving the amount to go to group members.