The High Court has been asked to take up an appeal by insurers over coverage for the class action defence costs of Opal Tower’s consultant engineer.
Optus has struck back at ACMA’s claim that a cyberattack that exposed the information of around 10 million customers was not a “highly sophisticated” operation.
The Reject Shop is fighting an underpayments class action’s bid to reformulate its claims, which the discount retailer said could saddle with an extra 18 months of liability.
The High Court has been asked to revive a class action over Sydney’s light rail construction and weigh in on whether litigation funders can claim their commissions as damages.
The funder and law firm that ran a shareholder class action against Mayne Pharma are seeking deductions that would leave more than half of a $38 million settlement for group members.
A class action against Toyota’s finance arm over kickbacks for car loans wants to expand the case to include claims customers were sold worthless insurance.
The PR firm promoting a class action against United Petroleum has denied it hurt the petrol chain’s reputation by publishing an image depicting it as ‘evil’.
Nuix has taken a slew of insurers to court seeking coverage of legal bills incurred in defending multiple class actions and proceedings by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
An appeals court has backed a decision awarding carriage of a shareholder class action against Downer EDI to two firms that joined their cases, rejecting an argument that it would encourage races to consolidate.
Treasury Wine Estates has agreed to pay $65 million to settle a shareholder class action that was set down for a seven-week trial beginning Monday.