Law firm Slater & Gordon is investigating a shareholder class action against Australiaās largest onshore oil producer Beach Energy, following a significant decline in its projected earnings from oil reserves on the Western Flank in South Australia.
The self-represented lawyer behind a $1 billion class action against Facebook and Google over a cryptocurrency ad ban has said he will bring the first “no adverse costs” application to be heard by the Federal Court under the Competition and Consumer Act.
AMP and a number of its financial planning subsidiaries have launched a bid to declass a group proceeding jointly run by Piper Alderman and Shine Lawyers over allegedly excessive insurance premiums.
Supermarket giant Woolworths has been hit with regulatory action by the Fair Work Ombudsman after it admitted toĀ shortchanging thousands of full-time salaried managers to the tune of $390 million.
Juggling a promising legal career and being the mother of two small children, King & Wood Mallesons’ Kione Johnson, who was the lead senior associate for dam operator Seqwater in the complex Queensland floods class action, revels in the āconstant state of chaosā of her daily routine.
Labor Senator Deborah O’Neill has taken a swing at ASIC commissioner and former Macquarie general counsel Cathie Armour for failing to act on concerns raised prior to the $2.9 billion IPO of embattled technology company Nuix, which led to a $580 million payday for shareholder Macquarie.
A judge has ordered employees of supermarket chain Romeo’s to receive a further corrective opt-out notice in class actions against the company following claims that a senior manager again initiated discussions with group members about the case.
Payments processing company EML is looking at two potential shareholder class actions over its alleged failure to notify the market of concerns by Ireland’s central bank relating to compliance with anti-money laundering regulations.
The state of Victoria has opted out of two class actions over allegedly combustible cladding, after agreeing to join as a group member last year.
A class action has been filed against the federal government on behalf of First Nations people in the Northern Territory who were allegedly denied wages owed for work performed over a nearly 40-year period.