A judge has approved a settlement in a class action against Monsanto under which group members will get nothing, after he rejected claims that the company’s Roundup weed killer is carcinogenic.
The United States has won an appeal in a Darwin-based soldier’s personal injury suit, with the Northern Territory Court of Appeal finidng the US has foreign state immunity from the claims.
An NRL player who is suing the Bulldogs for mental harm after he was allegedly forced to wrestle 30 other players as punishment must hand over correspondence between his solicitor and doctor.
The Full Court has found an executive at the company behind the Ultimate Fighting Championship gym franchise should not be on the hook for a $5 million judgment awarded to three franchisees.
On appeal of a $6 million judgment for misleading statements, Dominique Grubisa and her wealth education company DG Institute have argued her advice was based on faulty knowledge, not ill intentions.
A judge has found that former Orix CEO John Carter is not entitled to make claims under a D&O policy, saying he fraudulently failed to disclose to Chubb the payment of alleged secret bribes.
US animal drug manufacturer Zoetis has lost its challenge a ruling that chucked out three of its patents for a single-dose vaccine to protect pigs from enzootic pneumonia.
CBA has attacked two failed class actions’ “misguided” appeal, arguing that requiring companies to disclose incomplete information to shareholders would distort the market.
The Full Court has heard that a judge’s finding on materiality in two failed shareholder class actions against CBA could have “troubling” repercussions for insider trading cases and must be overturned.
Insurer Marsh has wasted no time in appealing a ruling that it breached an obligation not to use documents discovered in litigation over the $7 billion collapse of Greensill in separate proceedings.