New lawsuit

Adani has asked the court to toss a class action by First Nations landowners over media statements made during a dispute over the Carmichael open cut mine in Queensland.

A Western Australian couple has sued fertility services provider Monash IVF after the company implanted a woman with a different embryo than the one they had donated.

Liquidators for billionaire Sanjeev Gupta’s Tahmoor Coal are planning to bring a case against secured creditor Clydesdale Engineering, challenging its entitlement to be paid out during the liquidation. 

TikTok has hit back at a claim by a former distribution business development director that she was unfairly dismissed after she made workplace complaints, saying her role was made redundant following a restructure.

Collapsed developer FSM alleges Big Six firm Mallesons aided and abetted breaches of duty by its director, who allegedly entered into a refinancing agreement with Ray White Capital that included a 192 per cent interest rate.

US drug maker Pfizer has been hit with a class action alleging it knew or ought to have known about the increased risk that patients who used its injectable contraceptive Depo-Provera could develop brain tumors.

Gaming company Light & Wonder has been hit with a securities class action over disclosures about its Dragon Train poker game, after an employee's theft of rival Aristocrat's trade secrets led to litigation that settled for $190 million.

Defunct developer FSM must hand over transcripts of examination proceedings by its liquidators in a new case against Ray White Capital, Mallesons and others after the liquidators lost their bid for unreacted emails related to financing for an Ashfield development. 

Pathology services provider Australian Clinical Labs has been hit with a class action over a 2022 data breach that compromised the sensitive personal information of 223,000 customers of its Medlab business, including tests for fertility and STDs.

Concrete company Barro Group is facing a class action on behalf of landowners over emissions from its Sunshine landfill in a Melbourne suburb, which has been on fire for over six years.