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A judge has asked for more information on why he should approve $45 million in legal fees in a class action against AMP that settled for $120 million, calling the amount "extraordinary" and "troubling".
Dairy giant a2 Milk has agreed to cough up $62 million to settle a consolidated shareholder class action over a 2021 guidance.
Decisions made during a regulatory investigation can have significant consequences for the trajectory of any future class action, and a coordinated, holistic approach can narrow the scope of potential downstream exposure, say Corrs Chambers partners Chris Pagent and Abigail Gill and special counsel James Emmerig.
Kmart has been hit with a class action on behalf of thousands of salaried managers who allege they were systematically underpaid.
A former RAMS franchisee has raised concerns about a joint trial of its case with a related class action against the defunct Westpac home loan subsidiary, saying the overlap between the cases may be “much less than advertised”.
A defects class action against Ford that's been on foot since 2016 is headed to the Full Court again, after a judge recently ruled on two remaining issues in dispute following a High Court ruling on on how reduction in value damages should be calculated.
A group member in a class action against Johnson & Johnson unit Depuy that resolved 14 years ago has successfully challenged his compensation award, with an appeals court finding the independent counsel who calculated his payout was bound by rules of procedural fairness.
A class action has failed to prove that Alucobond panel manufacturer 3A Composites and supplier Halifax Vogel misled consumers about the allegedly flammable cladding and breached consumer guarantees.
Boral wants a judge to wait until the High Court delivers a judgment in cases against CBA before issuing his decision in shareholder class actions against the building materials giant. But the applicant says the court can’t wait for “perfect clarification” of the law.
Two US jury verdicts last week in cases over alleged harms caused to children by social media platforms have spurred plaintiff firms to weigh class actions in Australia.