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Google adtech Australian class actions remain mired in law-firm clashes

By James Panichi ( September 17, 2025, 01:57 GMT | Insight) -- The Google adtech class-action lawsuit in Australia continues to be dominated by the clash between rival law firms, with a court accepting Melbourne-based Piper Alderman’s appeal of a judge’s decision to sideline it in favor of its class-action rival Maurice Blackburn Lawyers in the landmark case. In documents lodged with the Federal Court of Australia, Piper Alderman claimed that if the Aug. 6 decision by Judge Michael O’Bryan were to stand, “substantial injustice would be occasioned to the applicants and group members in this proceeding.”Australia’s Google adtech class-action lawsuit continues to be dominated by the clash between rival law firms, with a court accepting Melbourne-based Piper Alderman’s appeal of a judge’s decision to sideline it in favor of its class-action rival Maurice Blackburn Lawyers in the landmark case....

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