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‘It’s as if court dates just grow on trees’: Judge slams parties in cosmetic surgery class action
Class Actions 2024-03-07 2:50 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has railed against the parties in a class action against Sydney-based plastic surgeon Daniel Lanzer and four of his associates for “repeated failure […]

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Appeal dropped in first junior doctors class action to go to trial
Class Actions 2024-02-28 11:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

Victoria’s Peninsula Health has abandoned an appeal of a ruling in a class action that found it breached workplace laws by failing to pay overtime […]

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ER doctors hit Melbourne hospital with underpayments suit
Employment 2024-02-28 3:34 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Twenty-six emergency doctors have brought an underpayments lawsuit against Melbourne hospital operator Austin Health, claiming that for the past six year they have not been […]

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Nature’s Care owners can’t extend injunction against Wu family founders
Corporate 2024-02-19 10:16 pm By Sam Matthews

The current owners of vitamin giant Nature’s Care have lost a bid to extend an urgent injunction against the company’s founding family amid fears they […]

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Surgeon wins security from nose job patient appealing defamation loss
Defamation 2024-02-19 10:43 pm By Sam Matthews

A nose job patient who allegedly defamed his surgeon has been slugged with $50,000 in security for his appeal, on top of a $50,000 damages […]

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Samsung Bioepis sues Janssen Biotech to invalidate Stelara patents
Intellectual Property 2024-02-08 11:48 pm By Christine Caulfield

South Korean biosimilars company Samsung Bioepis has sued Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen Biotech to invalidate two patents for Crohn’s disease drug Stelara, after reaching a […]

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Nervous shock awards ‘snowballing’, says Sparke Helmore’s new health partner
Healthcare 2024-02-08 11:28 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Health law practitioners are grappling with “snowballing awards” in claims over psychiatric injuries, according to Sparke Helmore’s new health law partner.  Marie-Clare Elder, who joins […]

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Judge makes no bones about trashing ‘Melbourne bone and joint clinic’ trade mark
Intellectual Property 2024-02-08 1:45 pm By Sam Matthews

A Melbourne orthopaedic clinic has lost its bid to register the name ‘Melbourne bone and joint clinic’ as a trade mark, with a judge finding […]

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Judge approves 27.5% GCO in ‘complex’ Medibank class action
Class Actions 2024-02-06 10:23 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has signed off on a 27.5 per cent group costs order in a consolidated shareholder class action against Medibank over a cyberattack that […]

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‘Very large indeed’: DePuy class action settlement administration costs top $13M
Class Actions 2024-02-01 5:43 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has signed off on a bill that brings the total settlement administration costs in a class action against Johnson & Johnson unit De […]

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