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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 […]

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In a first, Lactalis hit with $950,000 penalty for Dairy Code breaches
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-07-25 11:11 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Dairy processor Lactalis Australia has been hit with a $950,000 penalty in the first proceedings against a company for breaches of the Dairy Code. The […]

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Essure contraceptive ‘safe and efficacious’, Bayer tells class action trial
Trials 2023-04-12 9:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Bayer told a jury that clinical trials from the 1990’s to 2014 showed its Essure birth control device was “safe and efficacious”, as the pharmaceutical […]

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Bayer can’t dismiss Essure injuries as ‘common women’s symptoms’, class action trial told
Trials 2023-04-11 9:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Pharmaceutical giant Bayer cannot write off debilitating chronic pain and bleeding which patients allegedly experienced after being implanted with Essure contraceptives as “common women’s symptoms”, […]

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Bayer can take another crack at ‘scientific knowledge’ defence in Essure class action
Class Actions 2023-03-09 5:05 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action against Bayer over its Essure contraceptive has lost a bid to knock out the pharmaceutical giant’s defence that argues any defects in […]

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New allegations OK’d on eve of trial in Bayer Essure class action
Product Liability 2023-02-27 9:26 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action against Bayer over its Essure device has won court approval to add new allegations, including that the contraceptive caused sexual dysfunction, with […]

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Judge shaves $5M off agreed penalty in ACCC case against Uber
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-12-07 11:14 am By Sam Matthews

A judge has imposed a $21 million penalty on Uber for misleading customers through platform-wide cancellation messages and estimated fares on its Uber Taxi option, […]

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Lactalis breached Dairy Code by not publishing milk prices, court rules
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-09-16 10:19 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has found that dairy processor Lactalis Australia breached a mandatory industry code between farmers and processors requiring it to publish milk supply contracts […]

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Penalty in ACCC case against Uber off by more than $20M, judge says
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-07-25 11:07 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has slammed a $26 million penalty agreed to by Uber and the ACCC as “not within the range”, saying the impact of the […]

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Class action should foot the bill for first ever group costs order, judge says
Class Actions 2022-06-07 3:34 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge who ordered the first ever group costs order in a class action has found that the costs of the application should be borne […]

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