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Saturday, May 21

Star faces class action over $1 billion share slide

Law firm Slater and Gordon has filed a class action against beleaguered casino operator The Star Entertainment Group claiming the company misled investors over its compliance and regulatory obligations.

Shareholders take on Dreamworld now criminal case is closed

Ardent Leisure, which owns the Gold Coast theme park, is still paying the price for the deaths of four people on the Thunder River Rapids Ride.

Shine Lawyers won the first round of a pelvic mesh class action in the Federal Court. (AAP Image/Dan Peled)

Class action against medical giant cost almost $40 million in legal fees

Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries lost the first round of a pelvic mesh lawsuit and have quietly paid the legal costs incurred by a Brisbane-based firm.

Making progress, but Treasury can’t put price on Native Title liability

The Palaszczuk Government is resolving around 10 native title claims each year, however there is still a backlog and serious issues to resolve.

Costs continue to spiral at Westpac over money laundering scandal

Westpac’s money laundering debacle continues to haunt the company, which today announced another $1.2 billion hit to its profits.

A change is coming, and it's the Government turning up the heat

The ambulance-chasing litigation industry is in for a shake-up, writes Liam Hennessy

Little guys no longer the big winners as class action game gets ugly

Julia Roberts made class actions famous through her role in Hollywood biopic Erin Brockovich, but the David v Goliath model has become such big business that the Federal Government is reigning them and their big-money supporters in, writes Michael Bradley