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A judge has allowed a class action over Isuzus that allegedly contained emissions cheat devices to send an opt out notice to group members that includes a warning that if they sell their cars, they may “lose some or all of the money” they could receive in any settlement. 

Ashurst-represented Snowy Hydro has reached a landmark 15-year virtual tolling agreement with Akaysha Energy for Victoria's Elaine Battery Energy Storage System, the first battery toll pact for the energy company.

Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has denied knowingly selling alleged ineffective medications under its Benadryl, Sudafed and Codral brands, saying research indicated the phenylephrine-containing products worked. 

The Australian Financial Review has hit back at a defamation suit by the owner of Melbourne jazz venue Bird’s Basement over articles about a former employee’s now-discontinued suit, saying the articles were a fair report of public documents.

The federal government has hit back against a class action by single women and same-sex couples deemed “socially infertile” and denied Medicare rebates for IVF, denying group members were treated less favourably because of their marital status or sexual orientation.

A tribunal has recommended that lawyer and wealth guru Dominique Grubisa be struck from the roll of practitioners over conduct that included hiring a private investigator to look into another solicitor.

Tabcorp has settled a lawsuit by a former CEO who alleged his coerced resignation over alleged offensive language was inconsistent with a boardroom history of condoning off-colour remarks.

Shine Lawyers has come under fire from a judge, after the firm filed an application to materially vary a 24.5 per cent group costs order in a settled shareholder class action against EML Payments.

Deutsche Bank has appointed receivers to five pubs owned by Public Hospitality Group ahead of a bankruptcy hearing against the group’s owner and former KPMG partner, Jon Adgemis.

The Commonwealth has been hit with a class action on behalf of thousands of Indigenous people living in remote areas who took part in the “discriminatory and unjust” Work for the Dole program.