A judge overseeing a class action against a unit of Suncorp Group has given his blessing to a settlement that will see only $14 million of its headline $33 million figure go to super members, despite finding the modest return was âfar short of the maximum potential recoveryâ in the case.
A judge has cast doubt on whether a class action against the state of NSW over police strip searches at 50 music festivals should be run as a representative proceeding, telling the state to decide whether to file a de-classing application âsooner rather than laterâ.
A judge has declined to approve an amended opt-out notice featuring a video from a silk further explaining a “confusing” opt-out notice sent to group members in a class action against retirement home provider Aveo Group that has led to 400 opt-outs.
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.
Two class action firms have refused to provide an undertaking that would fix the rate of their contingency fee in a consolidated shareholder class action against food company Noumi and auditor Deloitte over $590 million in accounting irregularities.
A judge has stayed a class action on behalf of 6,000 women allegedly injured by defective pelvic mesh devices after Astora Women’s Health filed for bankruptcy in the United States, but questioned how the company had suddenly come to have no assets.
A law firm running a class action alleging Toyota unit Hino cheated on emissions tests has teamed up with a top US firm running parallel proceedings against the car maker.
A class action against Bayer over its allegedly defective Essure contraceptive devices has admonished the drug manufacturerâs bid to shield emails considered privileged in similar US litigation, arguing âthoughts and prayersâ are needed to sustain the claim.
Facebook owner Meta wants to uncover the basis on which crypto tokens have been issued to bankroll a class action over its 2018 ban on cryptocurrency ads, citing the potentially conflicted interests of the self-represented lead applicant.
A judge has rejected a bid to add an insolvent trading claim to a $78 million class action over the collapse of Walton Construction, citing âextraordinaryâ delays in the three-year-old case.