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Woolworths bags $100M shareholder class action
Class Actions 2018-10-25 9:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Woolworths has shot back at claims in a shareholder class action that it breached its continuous disclosure obligations, saying the lawsuit doesn’t allege there was material information it should have disclosed to shareholders in advance of its downward revision of a 2015 profit guidance.

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Cash Converters to pay $16.4M to settle consumer class action
Class Actions 2018-10-22 1:48 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Cash Converters has reached a settlement on the eve of trial in one of two consumer class actions alleging it engaged in unconscionable conduct by imposing high interest rates on short-term loans.

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Qantas slammed for ‘ridiculous’ particulars request in Fair Work case
Employment 2018-10-19 10:06 pm By Miklos Bolza

A Federal Court judge on Friday called a request for particulars by Qantas “ridiculous”, during the first hearing in a case brought by mechanics alleging they weren’t pay allowances owed while working on assignment in Los Angeles.

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Class action seeks evidence from jailed Crown Resorts employees
Class Actions 2018-10-10 11:24 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The law firm leading a shareholder class action against Crown Resorts wants evidence from employees whose arrest in China during a 2016 government crackdown on gambling sent the company’s stock price tumbling.

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Quinn Emanuel reveals ‘step up’ funding model in AMP class action beauty pageant
Class Actions 2018-10-10 9:29 pm By Miklos Bolza

Law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan will call in US experts to back up its proposed “step up” funding model as five law firms begin a high stakes battle to lead a shareholder class action against AMP.

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Judge dismisses appeal of $1.5M mesothelioma judgment
Product Liability 2018-10-04 9:31 pm By Miklos Bolza

Building material manufacturer Amaca and distributor Seltsam have lost their appeal of a $1.5 million judgment won by a NSW resident who developed mesothelioma after working with asbestos during the 60s and 70s.

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Sirtex must alert class if cash dips below $80M, judge rules
Healthcare 2018-09-28 10:30 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Shareholders in a class action against Sirtex have secured an order forcing the life sciences company to notify them of any plan that would see its $128 million in liquid assets drop below $80 million.

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Judge shoots down Sirtex bid for class closure order
Class Actions 2018-09-27 10:03 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has rejected an application by biotech company Sirtex Medical to limit a class action to shareholders who register as group members in the next month, saying a class-closure order could dramatically cut down on the size of the class.

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Law firms won’t challenge AMP class action ruling
Class Actions 2018-09-26 1:11 pm By Christine Caulfield

A landmark ruling that transferred four competing federal class actions against AMP to state court will stand, with the law firms behind the cases opting out of a fight in the High Court.

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Showdown looms as BHP faces 3rd class action over Brazil mine disaster
Class Actions 2018-09-25 10:59 pm By Christine Caulfield

BHP Billiton has been hit with a third class action in Australia over the 2015 dam failure at its Samarco mine in Brazil, and the lead applicant in the latest case — one of the biggest pension funds in the US — has a lot at stake.

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