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Maurice Blackburn launches cartel class action against investment banks
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-05-27 8:16 pm By Miklos Bolza

Maurice Blackburn has launched a rare competition class action against five global investment banks over a conspiracy to manipulate foreign exchange rates that has spawned class actions and lawsuits by regulators across the globe.

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Nationwide appeal of Geoffrey Rush defamation win will argue Rebel Wilson case was ‘plainly wrong’
Defamation 2019-05-27 5:08 pm By Amelia Birnie

Nationwide News’ appeal of actor Geoffrey Rush’s record $2.9 million defamation win will argue the aggravated damages finding in actress Rebel Wilson’s defamation case against Woman’s Day publisher Bauer Media was “plainly wrong”.

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ACCC sues Sony over allegedly misleading PlayStation claims
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-05-27 3:59 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has dragged video game giant Sony to court over allegedly deceptive and misleading claims made about games purchased on the PlayStation Network.

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Banknote maker CCL Secure wins dramatic cut of $65M judgment in ‘shabby fraud’ case
Appeals 2019-05-24 10:35 pm By Miklos Bolza

An appeals court has slashed a damages judgment against international banknote manufacturer CCL Secure in a case alleging it tricked its Nigerian agent into signing away his commission, cutting the award from $65 million to $1.8 million.

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Competition heavyweights to represent Vodafone, TPG in landmark merger challenge
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-05-24 9:58 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Elite competition groups Allens Ā and Herbert Smith Freehills will represent Vodafone and TPG in their lawsuit filed Friday challenging the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s opposition to their proposed $15 billion tie-up.

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RMBL ordered to retract comments ‘encouraging’ class members to opt-out
Class Actions 2019-05-24 5:59 pm By Amelia Birnie

Mortgage lending and investment firm RMBL Investments has been ordered toĀ  withdraw all communications with its customers that encouraged them to opt-out of a consumer protection class action against the firm.

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Piper Alderman free to oust senior female partner amid sex discrimination case
Business of Law 2019-05-24 4:22 pm By Amelia Birnie

The job of a senior Piper Alderman partner is in jeopardy after a court refused to extend an injunction preventing her from being ousted from the partnership while she battles a sex discrimination case against the firm.

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ACCC loses ‘spoke and hub’ laundry cartel case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-05-24 3:58 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has come up short in its appeal of a ruling that found it had produced insufficient evidence of a laundry detergent cartel, in the first so-called hub and spoke case brought by the competition regulator.

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Funders feel the heat as AMP ruling shows returns to class members matter most
Analysis 2019-05-24 3:05 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge’s decision to pick Maurice Blackburn’s no win, no fee class action against AMP over three funded class actions puts the pressure on litigation funders, which will now face more competition from law firms prepared to go it alone, experts say.Ā The ruling also shows the value courts place on funding arrangements that seek to maximise returns for class members, which means class action beauty parades are sure to get less ugly.

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Crown Resorts challenges ruling allowing jailed employees to talk to class action lawyers
Class Actions 2019-05-24 2:25 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Crown Resorts has appealed a ruling in a shareholder class action against it allowing 18 former employees, who were jailed as part of the Chinese government’s crackdown on gambling, to answer questions about its business in China.

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