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Australian litigation funder values caseload at $4.7B
Class Actions 2018-02-26 2:38 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

It might be in the glare of a government inquiry, but business is booming for Australian litigation backer IMF Bentham, which values its current caseload at $4.7 billion.

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Unions can’t ground review of airport workers’ split shifts
Employment 2018-02-23 8:53 pm By Christine Caulfield

In a win for aviation services company Aerocare, a court on Friday ruled the company’s bid for review of its controversial split-shift rosters was not an abuse of process as two unions had argued.

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Westpac faces new claim in life insurance class action
Class Actions 2018-02-23 8:39 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Westpac was responsible for the conduct of its in-house financial planner, who allegedly overcharged the bank’s own customers with excess premiums on life insurance, class action lawyers have told a court.

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Amaca can’t get indemnity costs over asbestos settlement
Construction 2018-02-23 8:17 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has rejected Amaca’s bid for indemnity costs in a case over contributions to an asbestos class action settlement, but he did not rule on the company’s novel argument that a settlement resulting from mediation could count as the outcome of litigation in awarding costs.

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Commonwealth Bank denies Austrac money laundering claims
Financial Services 2018-02-23 8:14 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia on Friday pushed back against the majority of expanded claims brought by the anti-money laundering regulator and denied all allegations in the related class action.

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Linfox workers can’t halt Fair Work case, court says
Employment 2018-02-22 8:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

A group of Linfox workers in Victoria has lost their bid to put a Fair Work appeal on ice while they challenge a commissioner’s ruling that found in favor of the logistics giant in a dispute over their jobs.

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Norton Rose dispute with ex-partner heads to mediation
Employment 2018-02-22 8:09 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A bitter court battle over the firing of a Norton Rose Fulbright employment partner in which the firm admitted it retroactively signed and dated a court document will soon head to mediation.

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Sanofi wins challenge to Reckitt-Benckiser lozenge patent
Intellectual Property 2018-02-22 7:58 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Patent Office has shot down a patent application covering throat lozenges by consumer goods giant Reckitt-Benckiser on a challenge by rival Sanofi-Aventis.

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GetSwift hit with $300M shareholder class action
Class Actions 2018-02-21 8:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Squire Patton Boggs has brought a shareholder class action worth potentially $300 million against logistics software company GetSwift and its director, former AFL player Joel MacDonald, for providing inadequate disclosures and misleading investors with “overhyped” announcements about business contracts.

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Slater & Gordon slams letter in union merger bid
Employment 2018-02-21 8:54 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A Slater and Gordon lawyer representing three unions seeking Fair Work Commission approval for a proposed tie-up, has slammed an “urgent” email from counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills claiming a newly discovered contempt matter involving one of the deal’s applicants should bar approval of the deal.

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