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Settlement talks fail in Pitcher Partners, Arnold Bloch Leibler class actions
Two class actions against Pitcher Partners and Arnold Bloch Leibler over advice given ahead of Slater & Gordon's disastrous $1.2 billion Quindell acquisition will proceed to trial next month after mediation between the parties failed to resolve the cases.
Group members can switch law firms in Monsanto class action
A dozen group members can opt out of Maurice Blackburn's Roundup class action against Monsanto and switch to a competing class action being run by Sydney-based LHD Lawyers that was closed and temporarily stayed in May last year.
Judge slams Monsanto’s ‘highly unsatisfactory’ behaviour in Roundup class action
A judge has criticised agricultural giant Monsanto for its "highly unsatisfactory" conduct in ignoring court orders in a class action over its allegedly cancer-causing Roundup pesticides.
Monsanto class action judge won’t rule on expert evidence in novel hearing
A judge overseeing a class action against Bayer-owned Monsanto over its allegedly carcinogenic weedkiller, Roundup, has declined to rule on the admissibility of expert evidence in a hearing ahead of trial next year, despite concerns about the independence of the expert witnesses for the class.
Judge blocks lawyers’ access to docs in stayed Monsanto class action
Lawyers for the lead applicant in a stayed class action against Bayer-owned Monsanto over its weedkiller Roundup cannot access discovered documents in a separate class action against the agricultural giant in advance of mediation next year.