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Lander & Rogers nabs litigation team from Johnson Winter Slattery
Lander & Rogers has snagged two Johnson Winter Slattery commercial disputes lawyers with decades of experience advising the country's regulators, who will bring a team of eight along with them. 
IAG reaches settlement in $4B litigation over Greensill collapse
Insurance Australia Limited has settled $4 billion action brought by Germany's Greensill Bank and its administrator ahead of a six-month trial against the insurer and others over the failure of the trade financier.
Class action drops 2,000 group members from Carnival norovirus case
A Shine Lawyers-run class action over norovirus outbreaks on the Sun Princess cruise ship is cutting two of eight cruises from its case, a change set to affect up to 2,000 group members.
KPMG boss resigns in wake of whistleblower claims
KPMG CEO Andrew Yates has stepped down over his handling of a senior executive's reports of misuse of confidential client information, as the firm hires Big Six firm Allens to investigate the whistleblower's claims.
Briefly: Coles, REA, Nine among this week’s litigation targets
Lawyers stuck inside by the dreary, cold weather have been keeping busy penning a slew of new suits targeting the likes of Coles, REA and Nine.
Woolworths fights class action notice reminding employees to keep records
Woolworths has told a judge in an underpayments class action where its remediation costs could stretch to $330 million that sending a notice to group members reminding them to keep records would be “premature and potentially misleading”. 
BDO wants to pause Dubber’s $26M case over audit reports 
Auditor BDO has asked the court to stay ASX-listed software company Dubber’s negligence suit over $26.6 million in alleged missing funds while a parallel case by ASIC over alleged false and misleading financial reports is on foot.
CSR must hand over performance data in misuse of market power case
Saint Gobain-owned CSR has been ordered to produce monthly performance reports for four of its business units and its building products division, in a competition case by insulation distributor Consolidated Energy.
Class action over Glenmore Park development includes subsequent buyers, court told
A class action against developer Mulpha Norwest and the Penrith City Council over a 683-lot development in Glenmore Park will include secondary and tertiary purchasers, a court has heard.
Amazon taken to court over alleged missing button battery warnings
In the first suit of its kind, the ACCC has taken Amazon Australia to court, alleging children’s backpacks for sale on its online marketplace through a third-party seller do not comply with mandatory button battery rules.