Embattled WiseTech faces class action lawsuit from shareholders

Embattled WiseTech faces class action lawsuit from shareholders

Just weeks after its CEO stepped down,the software firm is now facing Supreme Court action alleging misleading conduct and a breach of disclosure obligations to investors.

  • byDavid Swan

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Ex-Bulldogs president Peter Gordon assists Pucovski concussion case,requests medical records

Ex-Bulldogs president Peter Gordon assists Pucovski concussion case,requests medical records

The prominent lawyer has provided advice to the AFL on its duty of care in concussion matters and is now assisting Will Pucovski,whose promising cricket career was cut short after he sustained repeated blows to the head.

  • byDaniel Brettig
Joey wanted a fun day out. She ended up being stripped naked and humiliated

Joey wanted a fun day out. She ended up being stripped naked and humiliated

Thousands of people strip searched at music festivals may be owed compensation from NSW Police.

  • byRiley Walter andNick Newling
Bad timing:Big business’ image tarnished by Harvey Norman class action
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Bad timing:Big business’ image tarnished by Harvey Norman class action

All it took was a class action lawsuit to put a kink in a nation-unifying call from the Business Council to cease and desist with business bashing.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Class action looms for these popular over-the-counter medicines

Class action looms for these popular over-the-counter medicines

After a landmark $US425 million settlement in the United States,the drugs are being investigated in Australia over alleged links to stomach cancer and kidney damage.

  • byKayla Olaya
Former top barrister Norman O’Bryan charged with fraud over class action scheme

Former top barrister Norman O’Bryan charged with fraud over class action scheme

The former senior counsel,from one of Victoria’s notable legal families,is alleged to have rorted claimants in the Banksia Securities class action scheme out of millions of dollars.

  • bySarah Danckert
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Lawyers mull class action over Rio Tinto sexual harassment claims

Lawyers mull class action over Rio Tinto sexual harassment claims

Two years after a damning report into sexual discrimination,assault and bullying at Rio Tinto was released,an investigation into the claims could lead to a lawsuit.

  • byClaire Ottaviano
Pumping insurance premiums:Are loyalty discounts a mug’s game?

Pumping insurance premiums:Are loyalty discounts a mug’s game?

Insurance giant IAG has been accused of telling customers they were receiving loyalty discounts when it wasn’t cheaper insurance at all.

  • byElizabeth Knight
‘It was never about the money’:NSW’s junior doctors win $230m payout
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‘It was never about the money’:NSW’s junior doctors win $230m payout

At the end of a 100-hour week,Dr Amireh Fakhouri was too exhausted to drive home. Now she has helped win record backpay for 20,000 colleagues.

  • byAngus Thomson
Uber to pay $272 million to Australian taxi operators

Uber to pay $272 million to Australian taxi operators

It is the fifth-largest class action settlement in Australian legal history and comes after a protracted five-year legal battle.

  • byDavid Swan andRachael Dexter
‘It messed me up’:why Jasmin joined the McDonald’s class action

‘It messed me up’:why Jasmin joined the McDonald’s class action

Employers have been put on notice as a bill criminalising wage theft passes parliament in the same week McDonald’s and KFC were hit with class action lawsuits.

  • byAmber Schultz