<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Press Releases &amp; Announcements</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au</link><generator>umbraco</generator><description>Press Releases &amp; Announcements</description><language>en</language><item><title>Maurice Blackburn statement on Joshua Elliott inquest</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2012/maurice-blackburn-statement-on-joshua-elliott-inquest.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2012/maurice-blackburn-statement-on-joshua-elliott-inquest.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Principal for Maurice Blackburn Anna Walsh, who is acting for Joshua Elliott’s parents Nathan and Rebecca, said: “Joshua's death should illustrate to hospitals that the failure to have equipment that is properly stocked, labeled and readily available could lead to someone's death.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Gene patent test case heads to trial - Sydney 20 February</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2012/gene-patent-test-case-heads-to-trial---sydney-20-february.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2012/gene-patent-test-case-heads-to-trial---sydney-20-february.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ A Federal Court trial to determine the legal validity of patents involving human genetic material will start on Monday 20 February, 2012 in Sydney, Australia. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Maurice Blackburn responds to allegations before Floods Commission</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2012/maurice-blackburn-responds-to-allegations-before-floods-commission.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2012/maurice-blackburn-responds-to-allegations-before-floods-commission.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Maurice Blackburn principal Damian Scattini wrote to lawyers for SEQWater, Allens Arthur Robinson, today, requesting an apology after unfounded allegations were made today at the Commission of Inquiry.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>IMF and Maurice Blackburn announce further details of floods legal action </title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2012/imf-and-maurice-blackburn-announce-further-details-of-floods-legal-action-.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2012/imf-and-maurice-blackburn-announce-further-details-of-floods-legal-action-.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Australia's largest litigation funder IMF has confirmed today that it will widen its own investigations into the causes of the January 2011 flood event in South East Queensland.  
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Maurice Blackburn exploring potential Qld floods class action</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2012/maurice-blackburn-exploring-potential-qld-floods-class-action.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2012/maurice-blackburn-exploring-potential-qld-floods-class-action.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ National class action law firm Maurice Blackburn today confirmed it is investigating a potential class action against the operators of the Wivenhoe Dam over the January 2011 floods in South East Qld.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Regional communities stand up to unfair bank fees</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2012/regional-communities-stand-up-to-unfair-bank-fees.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2012/regional-communities-stand-up-to-unfair-bank-fees.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Regional families and businesses have ramped up the fight against unfair bank fees with a claim lodged this week to include St George Bank and Bank SA in the nation’s biggest series of class actions, on behalf of more than 2,500 people from regional NSW.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>More big banks drawn into class action on unfair fees</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2012/more-big-banks-drawn-into-class-action-on-unfair-fees.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2012/more-big-banks-drawn-into-class-action-on-unfair-fees.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Everyday Australians have ramped up the fight against unfair bank fees with over 10,500 more people today joining Australia’s biggest series of class actions, after Maurice Blackburn Lawyers filed a further claim this morning in the Federal Court against Westpac subsidiaries St George Bank and Bank SA.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Appeal papers filed in Federal Court against ANZ bank fees</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2011/appeal-papers-filed-in-federal-court-against-anz-bank-fees.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2011/appeal-papers-filed-in-federal-court-against-anz-bank-fees.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Appeal papers were filed today in the Federal Court in Melbourne on behalf of 38,000 ANZ bank customers against a ruling which said honour and dishonour fees on transaction accounts, and overlimit fees on credit cards, were not capable of being penalties.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Five banks including the ‘Big Four’ in class action</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2011/five-banks-including-the-‘big-four’-in-class-action.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2011/five-banks-including-the-‘big-four’-in-class-action.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Australia’s largest ever consumer class action has quadrupled in size with proceedings against another four banks to be issued today in the Federal Court in Melbourne on behalf of more than 150,000 bank customers for claims worth almost $200 million.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Christmas windfall for business from the Amcor/Visy alleged cartel</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2011/christmas-windfall-for-business-from-the-amcorvisy-alleged-cartel.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2011/christmas-windfall-for-business-from-the-amcorvisy-alleged-cartel.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Over 1300 Australian businesses who were victims of alleged price fixing and cartel behaviour by Amcor and Visy will receive an early Christmas gift – $97million from the settlement of Australia's biggest price fixing legal claim. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Federal Court rules against bank’s credit card fees</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2011/federal-court-rules-against-bank’s-credit-card-fees.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2011/federal-court-rules-against-bank’s-credit-card-fees.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Australia’s largest consumer class action is steaming ahead following a Federal Court judgment ruling that late payment fees imposed by the ANZ bank were penalties.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Maurice Blackburn lawyers sweep Doyle’s Legal List</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2011/maurice-blackburn-lawyers-sweep-doyle’s-legal-list.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2011/maurice-blackburn-lawyers-sweep-doyle’s-legal-list.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Australia’s leading employment law firm, Maurice Blackburn has again reaffirmed its standing in the legal profession with all five senior lawyers in the employment and industrial law section recognised by the prestigious Doyle’s Legal List.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>IBM employee takes $1.1m bullying case to Federal Court</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2011/ibm-employee-takes-$11m-bullying-case-to-federal-court.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2011/ibm-employee-takes-$11m-bullying-case-to-federal-court.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ IBM employee Susan Spiteri is suing the company for workplace bullying and sexual harassment.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>ANZ Bank fees class action steps up a gear tomorrow</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2011/anz-bank-fees-class-action-steps-up-a-gear-tomorrow.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2011/anz-bank-fees-class-action-steps-up-a-gear-tomorrow.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Australia’s largest consumer class action will return to the Federal Court tomorrow with Maurice Blackburn representing around 34,000 ANZ customers who have filed against the bank in protest against the bank’s exception fees.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Maurice Blackburn’s Anna Walsh is lawyer of the year</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2011/maurice-blackburn’s-anna-walsh-is-lawyer-of-the-year.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2011/maurice-blackburn’s-anna-walsh-is-lawyer-of-the-year.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The director and head of Maurice Blackburn’s medical law practice in NSW, Anna Walsh, has won a prestigious NSW Women Lawyer of the Year achievement award for 2011.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Vulnerable Australians caught out by adviser sales targets</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2011/vulnerable-australians-caught-out-by-adviser-sales-targets.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2011/vulnerable-australians-caught-out-by-adviser-sales-targets.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Maurice Blackburn announces class action against Leighton Holdings</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2011/maurice-blackburn-announces-class-action-against-leighton-holdings.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2011/maurice-blackburn-announces-class-action-against-leighton-holdings.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ National law firm Maurice Blackburn will commence a class action against construction giant Leighton Holdings following a series of profit downgrades and concerns that the company failed to disclose to investors the problems it faced on key infrastructure projects.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Call for national laws to tackle workplace bullying</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2011/call-for-national-laws-to-tackle-workplace-bullying.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2011/call-for-national-laws-to-tackle-workplace-bullying.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Australia’s leading employment law firm, Maurice Blackburn, is calling on the Federal Government to introduce for the first time national legislation to make workplace bullying illegal and give victims quicker access to the legal system.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Jury orders James Hardie to pay $1.15m to asbestos victim</title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2011/jury-orders-james-hardie-to-pay-$115m-to-asbestos-victim.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2011/jury-orders-james-hardie-to-pay-$115m-to-asbestos-victim.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ A 62-year old man with mesothelioma has been awarded $1.15 million in compensation by a Victorian Supreme Court jury after being exposed to asbestos at a James Hardie factory in 1972.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Terry Irving gets green light to sue over wrongful imprisonment </title><link>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2011/terry-irving-gets-green-light-to-sue-over-wrongful-imprisonment-.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.mauriceblackburnnsw.com.au/news/press-releases-and-announcements/2011/terry-irving-gets-green-light-to-sue-over-wrongful-imprisonment-.aspx</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ An Aboriginal man who was wrongly jailed for five years for an armed robbery he did not commit, has today been given the go-ahead by the Brisbane Supreme Court to seek compensation from the Queensland Government. ]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>
