Quinn Emanuel has filed a class action against Volkswagen over cars fitted with defective Takata airbags, the seventh class action filed by the firm in what’s been touted as one the largest consumer class actions in Australia.
Fundraising company Appco Group has dropped its appeal of a judge’s decision to let an $85 million wage case against it move forward as a class action.
A Federal Court judge has ordered Volkswagen to produce documents related to its calculations on how its emissions cheating scandal could affect car prices.
Real estate group Ray White has been hit with lawsuits by two sacked directors of its projects unit, who claim they turned down profit-sharing job offers from industry rivals for lucrative, long-term employment with the family-owned agency that lasted seven months.
Former Solicitor-General Justin Gleeson, SC, told a Federal Court judge Wednesday to reject a proposed $35 million deal between ASIC and Westpac, saying the bank should pay at least $100 million if it committed the responsible lending breaches alleged by the regulator.
The judge overseeing a class action against American Medical Systems over allegedly defective pelvic mesh implants has rejected the medical device maker’s bid to alter the start date for a sub-group of class members.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has successfully escaped a lawsuit by a Chinese vitamin company Nature’s Care after arguing it had been wrongly “dragged” into the case.
Public hospital operators in NSW have been hit with a class action over a practice of forcing non-resident patients ineligible for Medicare cards to find Australian citizens to be guarantors before they are treated.
Liquidators for the collapsed Hastie Group will pursue test cases against two construction companies in their legal fight against more than two dozen major builders over tens of millions of dollars in unpaid bills, but an application is looming to halt the proceedings pending the outcome of a High Court challenge.
Bannister Law has withdrawn from a class action it filed against Ford over allegedly defective Powershift transmissions following a dispute between the firm and the litigation funder that’s backing the case.