Article: Timbercorp faces class action.

Article: Class action slams Timbercorp bosses.
Australasian Business Intelligence;  November 1, 2009 ;     394 words ... ... via COMTEX) -- Law firm Macpherson & Kelley Lawyers has filed a class action on behalf of over 2,000 investors in Timbercorp ... 2009 TIMBERCORP LIMITED - ASX TIM MACPHERSON AND KELLEY LAWYERS PTY LTD TIMBERCORP FINANCE PTY LTD SUPREME COURT ...

Article: 'Explosive' claims against Timbercorp.
Australasian Business Intelligence;  October 29, 2009 ;     358 words ... ... via COMTEX) -- Law firm Macpherson & Kelley Lawyers has filed a class action on behalf of over 2,000 investors in Timbercorp ... 2009 TIMBERCORP LIMITED - ASX TIM MACPHERSON AND KELLEY LAWYERS PTY LTD TIMBERCORP FINANCE PTY LTD SUPREME COURT ...

Article: Judicious class action reform.(COMMENTARY)
The Washington Times;  July 15, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... corroboration in a spiraling number of class action lawsuits in plaintiff-friendly jurisdictions ... blunderbuss, through enactment of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2003 (CAFA). Class ... distinguishing between valid and frivolous class action claims before saddling the defendants ...

Article: Class Action
West's Encyclopedia of American Law;      700+ words ...CLASS ACTION A lawsuit that allows a large number ... matter to sue or be sued as a group. The class action suit began in the equity courts of seventeenth ... The bill of peace, and later the class action, provided a convenient and efficient ...

Article: Banning class action bans: class ...
Trial;  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... dollars. Without being able to file a class action, those consumers will be left with ... illustrates the central problem of bans on class action lawsuits. Unfortunately, a large and ... ever bringing, or participating in, a class action. Such bans are usually embedded in ...

Article: Class action hero?
Mondaq Business Briefing;  February 11, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Three separate class action suits were commenced in the Federal ... investor in Centro, Richard Kirby (Kirby class action). The proceedings were prepared by a firm of lawyers specialising in class action suits and funded by a professional ...

Article: Are Class Action Waiver Provisions In ...
Mondaq Business Briefing;  September 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... it was unclear whether these types of class action waiver provisions are enforceable in ... split four to three decision that a class action waiver provision cannot be enforced ... unpaid wages including overtime), and a class action would be a "significantly more effective ...