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CIMIC attacks ‘forests of contingencies’ in class action pleadings
Class Actions 2019-09-04 2:26 pm By Miklos Bolza

Engineering services firm CIMIC Group has attacked the pleadings in a shareholder class action against it, saying needlessly convoluted paragraphs containing a “numerically vast number […]

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Merck wins docs from Wyeth ahead of hearing on reopening Prevnar 13 trial
Intellectual Property 2019-08-30 10:51 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Merck Sharp & Dohme has emerged victorious in a battle over documents with Wyeth, as the parties gear up for a hearing on Wyeth’s request […]

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Westpac lightens class action load with $23.25M in payouts
Class Actions 2019-08-23 9:18 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Westpac has recently agreed to pay a combined $23.25 million to settle two class actions against it, cutting the number of class actions the bank […]

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Westpac to pay $13.25M to settle class action over Samra Ponzi scheme
Class Actions 2019-08-22 2:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Westpac will pay $13.25 million to settle a class action over alleged losses caused by subsidiary BankSA’s investments in a Ponzi scheme run by convicted […]

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NSW dragged into ACCC’s competition case over ports deal
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-08-22 1:59 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The ACCC has reversed course, naming the state of New South Wales in its lawsuit over an allegedly anti-competitive agreement for the privatisation of Port […]

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Pfizer may seek stay of Merck vaccine patent case
Intellectual Property 2019-08-21 3:53 pm By Miklos Bolza

Global pharmaceutical firm Pfizer is mulling an application to stay a lawsuit by Merck Sharp & Dohme seeking to invalidate a patent related to the […]

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Original lawyers in BankSA class action want bigger stake of multi-million dollar settlement
Class Actions 2019-08-20 8:46 pm By Amelia Birnie

The original solicitors who stepped down from leading a class action against Westpac unit BankSA amid abuse of process allegations will bring separate proceedings in […]

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Barclays, other banks in forex cartel class action must produce US case docs
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-08-15 3:36 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has ordered a group of banks facing a competition class action over alleged foreign exchange rate-rigging to hand over documents they produced as […]

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Class to fight CIMIC’s ‘opportunistic’ bid to strike out pleadings
Allens 2019-08-09 9:06 pm By Miklos Bolza

A shareholder class action against CIMIC Group will fight a strike out application it has slammed as an “opportunistic” late-stage move by the global engineering […]

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Cartridge reseller must prove it’s ‘good for the money’ as landmark patent case goes to High Court
Intellectual Property 2019-08-09 8:35 pm By Miklos Bolza

Ink cartridge reseller Calidad has been ordered to show evidence of its finances in support of its application to stay a Full Court judgment while […]

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