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Burford Capital managing director predicts many litigation funders will fall
Class Actions 2018-07-10 10:15 pm By Miklos Bolza

Despite the growth in class actions and the increasing popularity of litigation funding, many funders won’t be able to able to survive in the inherently risky business, Burford Capital managing director Craig Arnott told Lawyerly.

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Quintis cases latest battleground over competing class actions
Class Actions 2018-07-10 10:05 pm By Miklos Bolza

Multiple class actions against troubled sandalwood oil producer Quintis will soon compete to stay alive after a court heard Tuesday the company would bring an application to stay or consolidate the cases.

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IMF Bentham mulls privacy class action against Facebook
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2018-07-10 9:17 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

IMF Bentham is considering funding a privacy class action against Facebook for allowing political research firm Cambridge Analytica to harvest information from the Facebook accounts of over 311,000 Australians.

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Commonwealth Bank class tries to fix ‘pleading deficiencies’
Class Actions 2018-07-09 11:24 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The plaintiffs in a shareholder class action against Commonwealth Bank have taken another stab at their statement of claim, after a judge struck down the part of their pleading alleging the bank’s systems for assessing money laundering and terrorism financing risk were deficient.

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ASIC asks Westpac: What happened to Colin ‘the Rat’ Roden?
Financial Services 2018-07-09 11:07 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission wants documents from Westpac Banking Corp. detailing how it disciplined rogue traders, including Colin ‘the Rat’ Roden, at the centre of a scandal to influence the benchmark Bank Bill Swap Rate.

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Judge issues mixed ruling in trade mark war between Goodyear, Dunlop
Intellectual Property 2018-07-09 9:59 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has issued a mixed ruling in a long-running battle between US tyre giant Goodyear and UK rival Dunlop over trade marks for the words ‘Dunlop’ and ‘Flying D’.

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Former CEO sues Bellamy’s in $1.2M share dispute
Employment 2018-07-09 9:27 pm By Miklos Bolza

The former CEO of organic baby food producer Bellamy’s Australia has sued her old employer over $1.2 million in options allegedly owed as part of a long-term financial incentives scheme.

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ACCC says Click Energy misled consumers about discounts
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-07-09 5:52 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The ACCC has filed a lawsuit against Click Energy for allegedly misleading consumers about possible discounts on their energy bills.

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AMP judge won’t move state class action to Federal Court
Justice James Stevenson 2018-07-09 4:43 pm By Christine Caulfield

A NSW Supreme Court judge refused Monday to move one of five class actions filed against AMP to Federal Court, and invited law firms for the other four actions to join the case in the state court.

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Sportsbet seeks emergency injunction against Crownbet rebrand
Intellectual Property 2018-07-09 2:59 pm By Christine Caulfield

Sportsbet has asked a judge for an emergency order blocking Crownbet’s planned rebranding to “Sportingbet” until the lawsuit it filed over its betting rival’s planned use of the mark has been resolved.

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