Mintz - Securities Litigation Viewpoints (JD Supra Australia)

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  • Treasury Wine Decision Confirms Shift in Class Action Closure Process

    Recently, in Melbourne City Investments Pty Ltd v. Treasury Wine Estates Limited (“Treasury Wine”), the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia considered a primary judge’s class closure order which broke new ground in group action practice in Australia. The Treasury Wine case is part of a growing trend in Australian securities litigation toward class proceedings similar to the U.S. model,...

  • Federal Court of Australia Approves a Common Fund Class Action Model for the First Time – No Opt-In Required

    As discussed in this space before, Australia is quickly becoming a key venue for securities class action litigation. With the release of its decision in Money Max Int. Pty. Ltd. (Trustee) v. QBE Insurance Group Limited, the Federal Court of Australia took another step toward making Australia a class-friendly location. One issue with the current Australian “open-class” collective action scheme is

  • After Adopting the “Fraud-on-the-Market” Presumption of Reliance, Australia is Poised to Become a Plaintiff-Friendly Venue

    The United States is a popular location for securities class actions, due in large part to its reputation as a generally plaintiff-friendly system. A key contributor to that reputation is the acceptance of the “fraud-on-the-market” presumption of reliance. However, in the wake of a recent decision by the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia is poised to become another popular location...

  • Australian Court Manages Concurrent Class Actions By Giving The Class Members A Choice

    As securities litigation becomes increasingly globalized, the Mintz Levin Institutional Investor Class Action Recovery practice is constantly monitoring and participating in jurisprudential developments in a number of countries, both alone and through collaboration with foreign counsel. For example, in Australia, where the procedure to consolidate cases is not uniform, some securities class...

  • Australia – A New Frontier for Plaintiffs?

    With the increasing barriers to successfully prosecuting a securities fraud case in the United States, including the jurisdictional limitations caused by the Morrison decision, institutional investors are sometimes now looking to other jurisdictions to sometime recover their losses. One such jurisdiction is Australia.

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