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Monash IVF settles class action over embryo destruction for $56M
Class Actions 2024-08-22 4:14 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action on behalf of 700 patients alleging assisted reproduction provider Monash IVF destroyed potentially viable embryos in a faulty genetic screening program has settled for $56 million.

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GSK defeats Novadart trade mark for generic rival to prostate drug Avodart
Intellectual Property 2024-08-12 11:47 pm By Andy Sidler

A GlaxoSmithKline unit has defeated Nova Pharmaceuticals’ bid to trade mark ‘Novadart’ for a generic version of the British company’s market-leading drug prostate drug ‘Avodart’, with a delegate finding the mark would cause consumer confusion.

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Top cancer institute wins patent for patient-specific vaccine
Intellectual Property 2024-08-09 10:20 pm By Andy Sidler

US-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has succeeded in patenting a patient-specific method for developing cancer vaccines using genome sequencing.

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Monash IVF takes coverage fight with insurer to court ahead of class action mediation
Insurance 2024-08-02 11:45 pm By Sam Matthews

Monash IVF and a host of IVF clinics have taken Insurance Australia Ltd to court over coverage ahead of mediation in a class action alleging the companies destroyed potentially viable embryos. 

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Junior doctors class action says Peninsula Health must pay price for unpaid overtime
Class Actions 2024-08-01 11:00 pm By Christine Caulfield

After leading the first in a series of class actions by thousands of junior doctors to victory at trial, the applicant in a landmark wage case against Peninsula Health has told a judge the penalty against the Victorian hospital operator must send a clear message.

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Contradictor in class action fights Monash IVF’s bid to hold on to embryos
Class Actions 2024-07-30 11:05 pm By Sam Matthews

A contradictor has argued against Monash IVF’s bid for orders allowing it to retain embryos as evidence in a class action, saying the Victorian Supreme Court has no power to make orders inconsistent with the company’s statutory obligation to store embryos for a maximum of five years. 

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AstraZeneca, Merck face potential class action over heartburn drugs
Class Actions 2024-07-29 2:57 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A law firm is investigating claims against the manufacturers of popular heartburn and acid reflux drugs, alleging they could be responsible for causing stomach cancers and kidney failure in approximately 100,000 people.

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Monash IVF fights plaintiff’s ‘new case’ in embryo class action
Class Actions 2024-07-15 2:52 pm By Sam Matthews

Monash IVF is fighting a class action’s bid to file a fourth statement of claim in the three year-old case over the alleged destruction of potentially viable embryos, saying the proposed pleadings sparked by an expert report constituted a new case. 

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Ex-client takes Holding Redlich to court over $334,000 legal bill
Business of Law 2024-07-09 10:40 pm By Sam Matthews

Law firm Holding Redlich has been hit with proceedings over invoices totalling more than $334,000 by an ex-client who says the firm provided no cost agreement and made no cost disclosure over the course of an eight-month retainer. 

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Eighth attempt at cosmetic surgery class action still not good enough, court told
Class Actions 2024-06-27 10:08 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Sydney-based plastic surgeon Daniel Lanzer and several of his associates have objected to a class action’s eighth attempt at getting its claims over allegedly negligent cosmetic procedures right, saying the plaintiffs were engaged in a “continuing cycle of propagating versions” of their case.

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