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NERA Reports Securities Litigation Outside The United States Generally Increased
Posted on 7 Feb 2012 by Thomas O. Gorman

The number of actions settled by the SEC in the last fiscal year remained essentially constant, according to a report prepared by NERA Economic Consulting. In contrast, the number of securities class actions filed last year ticked up slightly in the U... Read More

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Paul Hogan To Sue Australia For Failed Tax Probe
Posted on 10 Jan 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

ADELAIDE, Australia - (AP) "Crocodile Dundee" star Paul Hogan will sue the Australian government for damaging his reputation during a failed criminal investigation into his tax dealings. Fairfax Media on Thursday reported that Hogan's lawyer... Read More

Tags: tax , Australia , Litigation , lawsuit , "Crocodile Dundee" , Fairfax Media , Paul Hogan

Australia Takes Japan To Court Over Whaling
Posted on 28 May 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

CANBERRA, Australia - (AP) Australia said Friday it will challenge Japan's whale hunting in the Antarctic at the International Court of Justice, a major legal escalation in its campaign to ban the practice despite Tokyo's insistence on the right... Read More

Tags: International Court of Justice , Japan , Australia , Litigation , Japan's Foreign Ministry , lawsuit , whaling

Australia Proposes Tough Cigarette Packaging Rules
Posted on 8 Apr 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

SYDNEY - (AP) Tobacco companies in Australia will be forced to strip all logos from their cigarette packages and replace them with graphic images such as cancer-riddled mouths and sickly children under legislation unveiled Thursday a move the government... Read More

Tags: Advertising , Roxon , cigarette packaging , Marketing , smoking , Australia , Litigation , tobacco advertising , British American Tobacco , Cancer Council Australia , cigarette , tobacco

Complaint Filed Against Rio Tinto For Oil Spill
Posted on 22 Jun 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

SYDNEY - (AP) A complaint has been filed against Rio Tinto Alcan in Australia, saying the mining giant is responsible for a leak of 19,000 gallons (75,000 liters) of oil into the ground. The Department of Resources for the Northern Territory lodged the... Read More

Tags: Department of Resources for the Northern Territory , pollution , Rio Tinto Alcan , oil spill , Australia , groundwater , Litigation , Rio Tinto