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Class action PR firm denies hurting United Petroleum’s reputation
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 takes insurers to court over coverage for legal bills
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.
Cooperation not irrelevant in class action beauty parades, appeals court says
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 to pay $65M to settle long-running class action
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.
KPMG, Phoslock hit with shareholder class action
Water treatment company Phoslock and auditor KPMG face a shareholder class action, but not by the law firm that secured documents for a potential case.
Class action investigation targets Live Nation, Ticketmaster
Live Nation and Ticketmaster face a potential class action alleging "dynamic pricing" has led to inflated ticket prices for shows in Australia.
AFL discrimination class action to face declassing bid
The AFL will seek to declass a representative proceedings brought on behalf of First Nations players, umpires and officials who were allegedly subject to racial vilification and discrimination.
Law firms warned about delay in filing competing Harvey Norman class actions
As two class actions against Harvey Norman try to hash out a deal before competing to run the litigation, a judge has issued a warning to other law firms mulling their own actions.
Commonwealth can’t argue sailors failed to mitigate loss in Navy class action
In a fight over damages owed to sailors in a class action against the Defence Department, a judge has said the Commonwealth can't argue certain group members failed to mitigate their losses.
United Petroleum dodges class action defence until security bid reheard
United Petroleum and director Ari Silver can wait for the rehearing of a security for costs bid before filing defences to a franchisee class action alleging misleading conduct.