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Battle to run Blue Sky, EY class action not over, as firm appeals order to team up with rival
Appeals 2022-12-08 10:55 pm By Christine Caulfield

A law firm wants to challenge a court order that it play nice with a competing firm in a class action for investors against Blue Sky Alternative Investments and auditor EY.

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Carnival hit with class action over gastro outbreaks on cruise ship
Class Actions 2022-12-07 6:42 pm By Sam Matthews

Carnival unit P&O Cruises has been hit with a class action by passengers who say their holidays were ruined by norovirus outbreaks on its Sun Princess cruise ship.

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Contradictor blasts Shine’s ‘wholly unreasonable’ $100M legal bill in J&J class actions
Class Actions 2022-12-05 11:15 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A contradictor in two pelvic mesh class actions against Johnson & Johnson has opposed Shine Lawyers recovering $100 million in costs from a $300 million settlement, which a judge has preliminarily found is not fair and reasonable to group members.

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Funder’s commission cut by 33% in ‘lower risk’ employment class action
Employment 2022-12-01 3:28 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has cut a funder’s commission by 33 per cent after approving a $20 million settlement in a sham contracting class action against telco contractor BSA Limited, finding that funders should receive “significantly lower” payouts in employment cases.

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Government ditches ‘costs neutrality’ model in Respect at Work bill
Policy and Regulation 2022-11-25 4:23 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Albanese government has removed provisions from sex harassment legislation that passed the senate on Friday which would have forced parties to bear their own costs in harassment litigation, after dozens of lawyers expressed “deep concern”.

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Law firms ordered to join forces in Blue Sky, EY class action
Class Actions 2022-11-23 10:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has ordered two law firms that filed competing shareholder class actions against failed Blue Sky Alternative Investments and auditor EY to team up to run a consolidated proceeding, despite opposition by one firm.

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Battle to lead Blue Sky shareholder class action is on
Class Actions 2022-11-21 3:28 am By Cat Fredenburgh

The law firm that filed a second securities class action against failed Blue Sky Alternative Investments and auditor EY has moved swiftly to stay a competing class action brought three months ago.

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Nuix drags PwC into shareholder class action over $1.8B IPO
Corporate 2022-11-09 11:41 pm By Christine Caulfield

Nuix has pointed the finger at its accountant PricewaterhouseCoopers in the software company’s defence to a class action over a prospectus for its $1.8 billion IPO two years ago.

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Shareholders launch second class action against Blue Sky, EY
Securities 2022-11-08 11:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A second securities class action has been filed against failed Blue Sky Alternative Investments and auditor EY alleging financial reports materially overstated the health of the asset manager ahead of its collapse three years ago.

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Dixon Advisory class action scores partial win in bid for insurance info
Insurance 2022-10-27 11:16 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action on behalf of Dixon Advisory clients with claims allegedly worth $463 million has won orders that the collapsed wealth manager disclose its insurance for liability in the proceedings. Its bid for orders that two insurers produce any relevant policies was unsuccessful.

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