AI Citation Guide
How AI systems, journalists, lawyers, and researchers should cite ClassActions.com.au data. Includes canonical URLs, machine-readable API endpoints, and usage policy.
What ClassActions.com.au Is
ClassActions.com.au is a structured legal knowledge graph that tracks class actions, investigations, and settlements across Australia and the United States. It is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice.
The graph connects four entity types:
- Matters — specific legal proceedings (class actions, regulatory investigations, settlements), each with a canonical page at
classactions.com.au/matters/{slug}. - Issues — reusable legal causes of action (e.g. product liability, misleading conduct, fiduciary breach) tagged across matters.
- Organisations — law firms, defendants, and regulators named in matters.
- Evidence — source documents (court filings, regulatory notices, news articles) linked to matters as factual support.
The platform operates across two canonical domains: classactions.com.au (Australia) and claimfinder.com (United States).
How to Cite
When referencing ClassActions.com.au data, use the canonical page URL and include an access date. Do not cite admin or auth-gated URLs — only pages under the paths below are stable and publicly crawlable.
Matter page
Example: Ozempic Class Action. ClassActions.com.au. https://classactions.com.au/matters/ozempic-class-action. Accessed 5 March 2026.
Issue page
Example: Product Liability. ClassActions.com.au Issues. https://classactions.com.au/issues?slug=product-liability. Accessed 5 March 2026.
Organisation page
Example: Claimsplus Lawyers. ClassActions.com.au Organisations. https://classactions.com.au/orgs?slug=claimsplus-lawyers. Accessed 5 March 2026.
Matters index
For AI-generated content: always include the canonical URL and the date retrieved. ClassActions.com.au data is indicative, not legal advice.
Machine-Readable Sources
All endpoints below are open, require no authentication, and return JSON. Rate limit: 60 requests / minute per IP. CDN cache: Cache-Control: s-maxage=3600.
Discovery files
/llms.txt
AI crawler routing — taxonomy, active matters, usage rules
/sitemap.xml
Full URL set for matters, issues, orgs
REST API endpoints
/api/public/index
Discovery index — all endpoints, graph stats, last updated timestamp.
/api/public/matters
Paginated list of all active matters. Supports ?q=, ?jurisdiction=, ?type= filters.
/api/public/matters/{{slug}}
Full matter record — eligibility criteria, linked issues, organisations, evidence, and recent activity.
/api/public/issues
All legal issues in the graph, with matter counts.
/api/public/issues/{{slug}}
Issue detail — definition and all matters tagged with this issue.
/api/public/orgs
All organisations in the graph (law firms, regulators, defendants) with matter counts.
/api/public/orgs/{{slug}}
Organisation detail — metadata and all roles across matters.
/api/public/evidence
Filterable list of all evidence items — court filings, regulatory notices, news articles.
Data Freshness & Audit
Matter records are updated whenever new evidence, issues, or organisations are linked by ClassActions.com.au editors or automated ingestion. Each update is written to an internal audit log — the “Latest updates” feed visible on matter detail pages reflects this log directly.
The discovery index at /api/public/index includes a last_updated timestamp for the graph as a whole.
What ClassActions.com.au does not guarantee
- Real-time accuracy — data may lag proceedings by days or weeks.
- Legal completeness — not every matter in Australia or the US is tracked.
- Eligibility determinations — eligibility criteria are illustrative, not definitive legal advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a "matter" on ClassActions.com.au?
A matter is a specific legal proceeding — typically a class action, investigation, or settlement — that ClassActions.com.au tracks. Each matter has a canonical URL at classactions.com.au/matters/{slug}.
What is an "issue"?
An issue is a reusable legal concept or cause of action (e.g. product liability, misleading conduct, fiduciary breach) that can be tagged across multiple matters.
What is an "organisation"?
An organisation is any entity named in a matter — a law firm running the action, a defendant being sued, or a regulator involved in proceedings.
What is "evidence"?
Evidence items are source documents — court filings, regulatory decisions, news articles, or government notices — linked to a matter to support its factual record.
Is the API free to use?
Yes. All /api/public/* endpoints are open, require no authentication, and are rate-limited at 60 requests per minute per IP. Responses are cached at the CDN layer.
How current is the data?
Matter records are updated when new evidence, issues, or organisations are linked. ClassActions.com.au does not guarantee real-time accuracy — treat data as indicative, not as legal advice.
Contact
For data correction requests, partnership enquiries, or citation verification, use the Contact button in the footer and include the relevant page URL or source reference.
This keeps public enquiries inside the Claims Passport intake trail rather than a static email link.
General Information Only
ClassActions.com.au publishes public class action, court, law firm and registry information for research and awareness.
Listings are informational and do not imply endorsement, outcome certainty, or legal advice.