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Iluka Resources class action gets funding
Energy & Natural Resources 2018-05-10 11:22 am By Cat Fredenburgh

A shareholder class action against mining company Iluka Resources has received funding, the company said Thursday.

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Toyota alerted to problems with Takata airbags in 2003, court filings show
Class Actions 2018-05-09 10:17 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Toyota was on notice about problems with Takata airbags 15 years ago, after a Takata inflator ruptured at one of the car maker’s testing facilities, according to new claims in a class action.

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Quinn Emanuel brings class action against AMP
Class Actions 2018-05-09 10:05 pm By Christine Caulfield

Law firm Quinn Emanuel has filed the first shareholder class action against AMP ahead of the beleaguered company’s annual general meeting on Thursday.

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Employment action against Airservices stalls over scope of class
Employment 2018-05-08 8:48 pm By Miklos Bolza

Just who is entitled to join a Fair Work action against Airservices Australia is still up in the air, a court heard Tuesday, with lawyers clashing over the scope of the employee class five months after the case was filed.

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Judge prods VW to name employees who OKd emissions cheat software
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-05-08 4:23 pm By Miklos Bolza

Volkswagen has been ordered for a third time to provide the court with the names of employees who were involved in approving the emissions cheat software that’s at the center of litigation by Australia’s consumer regulator and several class actions against the German car maker.

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Judge signs off on QBE’s $133M class action settlement
Class Actions 2018-05-07 9:19 pm By Miklos Bolza

A Federal Court judge has given the all-clear to a $132.5 million offer by QBE to settle a class action by shareholders angry about a $5 billion stock market wipeout for the insurance provider.

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Former VW chief charged over diesel emissions scandal
Class Actions 2018-05-04 11:53 pm By Christine Caulfield

A former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn has been charged in the US with conspiracy and fraud over the car maker’s long-running scam to cheat emissions tests, two months after VW faced trial in Australia over dieselgate.

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MyBudget skimmed interest off hard-up customers, court hears
Class Actions 2018-05-03 10:40 pm By Miklos Bolza

MyBudget has exploited tens of thousands of customers already in financial difficulty and owes them interest on money they entrusted to the debt management company, the federal Court heard at the end of a two-day class action hearing Thursday. 

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J&J hits back at expanded pelvic mesh class
Class Actions 2018-05-03 5:06 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Johnson & Johnson has struck back at an amended statement of claim filed in a class action over allegedly defective pelvic mesh, saying that lead applicants’ claims do not meet the bar to proceed as a class action.

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Funder feud could force Bannister Law off Ford class action
Class Actions 2018-05-01 10:57 pm By Miklos Bolza

A dispute with litigation funder Martin Place Litigation Services has cast doubt over whether Bannister Law can continue to lead a massive class action against Ford, the Federal Court heard Tuesday.

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