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Macquarie advisers stripped of $330,000 win as 5-year-old case sent back
Dozens of Macquarie advisers who previously won a $330,000 payday against the bank have been ordered back to court for a rehearing of their long-running case over employment entitlements.
ACCC accuses Swift Networks of fixing prices for internet at Rio Tinto mines
Technology company Swift Networks has been taken to court for alleged bid rigging and price fixing in the tender process for IT and communications equipment supply to five Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals mining sites in WA's Pilbara region.
Monique Ryan, chief of staff continue settlement talks in employment dispute
Independent MP Monique Ryan's chief of staff Sally Rugg will extend mediation talks with the politician and the Commonwealth, with the parties optimistic they can resolve Rugg's Fair Work lawsuit out of court.
In first beauty parade of its kind, law firms compete to manage $300M J&J settlement
Sixteen law firms and accounting firms have thrown their hat in the ring to administer a $300 million settlement in two class actions against Johnson & Johnson over pelvic mesh devices that injured thousands of women.
J&J class action settlement ‘massively’ short of what pelvic mesh victims owed, court told
A contradictor appointed in two pelvic mesh class actions against Johnson & Johnson has blasted a $300 million settlement, calling it “massively” short of what is owed to group members, after a judge preliminarily found the sum was not fair and reasonable.
Medibank foreshadows stay bid as second class action looms
Australia's largest private health insurer Medibank has flagged an application to stay a landmark data breach class action filed in the Federal Court, as another law firm mulls a class action over the massive breach.
GetSwift hit with $15M penalty in ASIC action over misleading announcements
GetSwift has been hit with a $15M penalty and several of its directors have been slapped with substantial penalties after the company was found to have misled shareholders in breach of the Corporations Act.
Two more class actions target Hyundai, Kia over ‘defective’ engines
Hyundai and Kia have been hit with new class actions alleging the Korean car makers knew of engine issues in cars sold in Australia as far back as 2015.
Hall & Wilcox poaches finance partner from Baker McKenzie
Hall & Wilcox has lured a Baker & McKenzie veteran and renewables specialist to lead its Sydney finance practice.
Whitehaven coal mine extension illogical amid ‘deadly’ climate crisis, court told
The NSW Independent Planning Commission’s decision to approve an extension for Whitehaven’s Narrabi coal mine was “legally illogical” amid current knowledge of the “extraordinary and deadly” impact of climate change, a court has heard.