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Class action pioneer from Maurice Blackburn will ‘strive for fair’ as new judge
Courts 2024-04-19 11:06 pm By Sam Matthews

As the head of Maurice Blackburn’s class actions group he helped win hundreds of millions of dollars for claimants and shaped the jurisprudence around the […]

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Protest class action loses bid for confidential information from Victoria Police
Class Actions 2024-04-19 3:40 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action targeting Victoria Police over its use of capsicum spray against protesters has lost its bid to uncover confidential information about police crowd control tactics, after a judge found disclosure of the information could “endanger the public”.

After 7 years of litigation, patent for blockbuster sleep drug Circadin found valid
Intellectual Property 2024-04-18 11:21 pm By Sam Matthews

After a seven-year legal battle, a court has upheld the validity of Neurim Pharmaceutical’s patent for insomnia drug Circadin and ruled two generic drug companies […]

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High Court to decide if new duty of care for NSW builders is apportionable
Construction 2024-04-18 11:03 pm By Sam Matthews

The High Court is set to weigh in on a challenge to a precedent-setting decision that found breaches of statutory duty under a provision of […]

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Acciona hit with second suit over $511M waste-to-energy plant
Construction 2024-04-18 2:37 pm By Sam Matthews

The entity in charge of a $511 million waste-to-energy plant south of Perth has filed a second lawsuit against Acciona, accusing the Spanish infrastructure giant […]

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Latecomer class action to take first swing at Mercedes-Benz
Class Actions 2024-04-17 4:34 pm By Sam Matthews

The plaintiffs in two competing class actions against Mercedes-Benz over alleged defeat devices designed to cheat regulatory emissions tests have agreed to temporarily stay the […]

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Court OKs BHP’s coal mine extension, accepts ruling will ‘dismay’ climate change activists
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-04-17 11:50 pm By Sam Matthews

A court has given the green light to BHP’s bid to extend a Queensland coal mine over the objections of an environmental lobby group, saying […]

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Surgeons to pay $25M to settle breast implants class action
Class Actions 2024-04-16 10:58 pm By Sam Matthews

A group of surgeons who worked for The Cosmetic Institute are set to pay $25 million to settle a class action brought on behalf of […]

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Solicitor accused of raising money for class action he never filed can’t dodge watchdog’s claims
Legal Ethics 2024-04-16 10:50 pm By Sam Matthews

A Sydney solicitor has lost his bid to summarily dismiss the legal watchdog’s case alleging he set up misleading crowdfunding pages seeking funding for a […]

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ASIC chair calls on lawyers to be ‘bold’ with AI
Business of Law 2024-04-16 10:02 pm By Sam Matthews

ASIC chair Joe Longo has called on lawyers to be bold in their embrace of emerging technologies, saying lawyers “must be careful with generative AI […]

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