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Appco drops appeal in ‘sham’ contracting class action
Class Actions 2018-10-26 11:25 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Fundraising company Appco Group has dropped its appeal of a judge’s decision to let an $85 million wage case against it move forward as a class action.

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Sydney light rail class action ‘very best thing’ for gov’t: judge
Construction 2018-10-26 11:10 pm By Miklos Bolza

The judge overseeing a class action filed on behalf of business owners over the Sydney light rail construction has cautioned the NSW government against filing a de-class motion, saying a class action may be the “very best thing” for the government.

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Murray Goulburn weighs cost-capping bid in class actions
Agriculture 2018-10-26 10:20 pm By Christine Caulfield

Murray Goulburn has told a judge it may seek to cap costs in two shareholder class actions that centre on a 2016 profit forecast revision, taking a page from the playbook of baby food maker Bellamy’s.

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Judge urges class action lawyers to solve multiplicity problem
Class Actions 2018-10-26 4:45 pm By Christine Caulfield

Blasting the battle of competing class actions as a fight for the “commercial interests” of litigation funders not class members, a judge has called on lawyers for two shareholder actions against Brambles to settle the dispute themselves.

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VW must hand over docs on Dieselgate’s impact on car prices
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-10-26 12:00 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A Federal Court judge has ordered Volkswagen to produce documents related to its calculations on how its emissions cheating scandal could affect car prices.

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Woolworths bags $100M shareholder class action
Class Actions 2018-10-25 9:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Woolworths has shot back at claims in a shareholder class action that it breached its continuous disclosure obligations, saying the lawsuit doesn’t allege there was material information it should have disclosed to shareholders in advance of its downward revision of a 2015 profit guidance.

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Westpac fights Deloitte subpoena in life insurance class action
Class Actions 2018-10-24 9:35 pm By Miklos Bolza

Westpac is contesting a subpoena in a class action over allegedly excessive life insurance premiums for documents from Deloitte that may reveal how the bank chose the policies it offered.

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Banning closed class actions no easy feat, new report shows
Exclusive 2018-10-24 7:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

A proposal by the Australian Law Reform Commission that all federal class actions be initiated as open cases may be difficult, if not impossible, to achieve, says a new report by the country’s leading class action expert.

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AMS loses bid to restrict group size in pelvic mesh class action
Class Actions 2018-10-24 7:36 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The judge overseeing a class action against American Medical Systems over allegedly defective pelvic mesh implants has rejected the medical device maker’s bid to alter the start date for a sub-group of class members.

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Public hospital operators face class action over Aussie guarantors
Class Actions 2018-10-23 10:07 pm By Christine Caulfield

Public hospital operators in NSW have been hit with a class action over a practice of forcing non-resident patients ineligible for Medicare cards to find Australian citizens to be guarantors before they are treated.

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