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In latest class action loss, Bayer defeats case over Essure device
Class Actions 2024-12-10 2:00 pm By Sam Matthews

Medical device maker Bayer has successfully defended a class action over its Essure contraceptive, with a judge finding the evidence fell short of proving the device caused chronic inflammation.

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Honda must pay dealer $13.6M for contract breaches
Automotive 2024-12-09 4:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has ordered Honda to pay $13.6 million in damages to dealer Brighton Automotive in a suit over the car maker’s move away from a dealership model. 

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Sumo Power cops $10M penalty for prohibited phone sales
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-12-06 11:58 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Power and gas company Sumo has been ordered to pay a $10 million penalty for engaging in prohibited ‘door-to-door’ phone sales, the largest penalty for breaches of Victoria’s energy laws.

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Judge boots Queensland energy class action, says ‘profit maximisation’ not unlawful
Class Actions 2024-12-04 12:02 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A competition class action against Stanwell and CS Energy has been tossed, with a judge finding the power companies’ conduct was legitimate “profit maximisation behaviour”. 

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Fintech start-up Chippit defeats PayPal’s opposition to ‘PayPool’ mark
Intellectual Property 2024-12-04 11:58 pm By Andy Sidler

Australian fintech start-up Chippit Financial has defeated PayPal’s challenge to its bid to register ‘PayPool’ as a trade mark for a new lending product.

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NAB super trustee free to use $165M fees ‘as it saw fit’, class action judge says
Class Actions 2024-12-03 4:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

In the latest class action loss, a judge has said that $165 million in fees charged to members by NAB super fund trustee NULIS Nominees was corporate revenue “with which it was free to deal as it saw fit”.

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Class action against NAB super fund trustee fails
Class Actions 2024-12-02 11:24 pm By Christine Caulfield

A class action against NAB unit NULIS Nominees over adviser fees charged to superannuation fund members should be dismissed, a judge has found.

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$272M settlement approved in Uber class actions
Class Actions 2024-12-02 10:25 am By Cindy Cameronne

The judge overseeing class actions against Uber has approved a $271.8 million settlement, which includes an $82 million deduction for the funder and $39 million for the firm that ran the cases.

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Mayor loses defamation case over Facebook post calling him a ‘crim’
Defamation 2024-12-02 4:05 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A defamation case over Facebook comments that described the Liverpool City Council mayor as a “grub” and a “crim” has been tossed for failing to pass the serious harm test.

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Keybridge shareholder can sue over $4.75M advance for Lake Como property
Securities 2024-11-27 11:00 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has rejected a shareholder’s bid to wind up investment firm Keybridge Capital, but allowed it to bring a derivative suit  over a $4.75 million advance used for a director to purchase a Lake Como property.

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