Network Ten has moved to strike out claims that itâs Canberra bureau, led by high profile political reporter Peter van Onselen and executive editor Anthony Murdoch âwas a workplace that was hostile to women.â
Macquarie Leasing has been let off the hook in a class action alleging that a flex commissions scheme by ANZâs former car finance business encouraged dealers to set car loan rates far in excess of base rates in exchange for large kickbacks.
Qantas has asked the High Court to reverse a judgment that found it violated the Fair Work Act by axing 1,800 ground staff partly to prevent them from bringing industrial action.
Uber has appealed a ruling that found many of its email exchanges with its lawyers were made in furtherance of offences at the centre of a class action and were not protected by legal professional privilege.
Ernst & Young has settled all claims against it in a shareholder class action alleging the Big Four accounting firm and Pitcher Partners signed off on an overly rosy year-end financial report that failed to disclose risks and impairments associated with the law firm’s disastrous $1.2 billion acquisition of UK insurance claims company Quindell.
A shareholder class action against Treasury Wine Estates has won access to information said to prove there were reduced wine sales in the United States, with a judge finding the wine producer’s redactions of board papers were ânot justifiedâ.
A judge overseeing a shareholder class action against Crown Resorts has ordered the casino giant to give details of board members’ knowledge about two bank accounts which were allegedly used to launder hundreds of millions of dollars.
Qantas and the Transport Workers Union both lost their appeals Wednesday of a judgeâs decision finding the airline had decided to axe 1,800 ground staff partly to prevent employees bringing industrial action but refusing to reinstate the workers. The airline has vowed to take the case to the High Court.
Law firm Maurice Blackburn will ask a court to approve $14.5 million in costs for running a class action against Colonial First State that has settled for $56.3 million, giving account holders 75 per cent of the proceeds.
The plaintiffs in a class action over alleged unfair flex commission arrangements have hit back at Macquarie Leasingâs claims that out-of-pocket customers should have negotiated better deals with car dealers, arguing car loans were taken out as part of a âstaged sales processâ that limited negotiation.