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Medibank can’t ‘have it both ways’ with Deloitte report, class action says
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-06-03 11:35 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action has argued Medibank cannot claim legal professional privilege over three Deloitte reports after disclosing them to reassure the market and customers after a massive 2022 data breach.

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Domino’s faces threat of shareholder class action
Class Actions 2024-06-03 11:02 pm By Sam Matthews

Domino’s is facing a potential shareholder class action for allegedly misleading the market about its expected performance in Japan. 

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Judge OKs $100M Colonial class action settlement, questions ‘strange’ funding agreement
Superannuation 2024-06-03 11:11 pm By Sam Matthews

The judge overseeing a consumer class action against wealth manager Colonial First State Investments has given the green light to a $100 million settlement, but questioned a $23.1 million cut to funder Augusta under a “strange” funding agreement.

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ABC sacked radio host Antoinette Lattouf, FWC finds
Employment 2024-06-03 11:22 pm By Andy Sidler

Former radio host Antoinette Lattouf is planning to bring an unfair termination case against the broadcaster, after the Fair Work Commission found the ABC terminated her from a casual presenting role.

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Law firm repping ‘number of women’ in TV industry over harassment, discrimination claims
Employment 2024-06-03 12:46 pm By Christine Caulfield

Amid allegations of inappropriate behaviour by Nine’s former news director, plaintiff law firm Maurice Blackburn says it is representing “a number of women” in the television industry who are pursuing sexual harassment and discrimination claims.

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Neurim’s claim for additional damages survives in Circadin patent case
Intellectual Property 2024-06-03 11:48 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has upheld Neurim Pharmaceutical’s claim for additional damages against two generic drug companies found to have infringed its patent for insomnia drug Circadin, despite the company’s failure to comply with an earlier ruling.

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Housing class action to drop claims against Victoria, as judge slams ‘hasty’ new pleading
Class Actions 2024-05-31 3:10 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action over the Victorian government’s decision to retire Melbourne’s high rise public housing towers has agreed to drop claims against the state of Victoria and the minister for housing after a judge threw out the claims but allowed the class action to replead.

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Unrepresented Bruce Lerhmann appeals rape ruling in defamation case
Appeals 2024-05-31 11:33 pm By Christine Caulfield

Former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann has filed an appeal of last month’s judgment that he raped Brittany Higgins in Parliament House, an appeal which may fail at the first hurdle.

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Crown Resorts to benefit from class closure and should foot part of the bill, judge says
Class Actions 2024-05-31 11:00 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has ordered Crown Resorts to share the costs of soft class closure with the plaintiff in a shareholder class action accusing it of lax anti-money laundering compliance, saying that soft class closure ahead of mediation was in the interests of both parties. 

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NSW blasts strip search class action’s ‘amorphous’ claim for exemplary damages
Class Actions 2024-05-31 11:51 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The NSW government is seeking to strike out class action claims for exemplary damages, arguing allegations that police conducted strip searches at music festivals as a matter of routine “lack specificity at every level”. 

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