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Lundbeck sues IP Australia, Sandoz to escape undertaking over Lexapro licence
Global pharmaceutical giant Lundbeck has launched a bid to escape a prior undertaking blocking it from appealing a court's decision that allowed four generic drug makers to apply for licences to manufacture generic versions of popular antidepressant Lexapro.
Funder to get 30% cut of confidential KPMG class action settlement
Litigation funder Litigation Capital Management will snap up 30 percent of a confidential settlement amount that KPMG has fought to keep under wraps in a shareholder class action over a failed $830 million hostile takeover bid of mining firm Discovery Metals.
KPMG settles class action over $840M failed takeover offer
A settlement has been reached in a class action against KPMG alleging it providing a misleading expert report to copper miner Discovery Metals that was used to reject a $830 million hostile takeover bid.
Casual worker class actions put on hold amid WorkPac Full Court appeal
Two Adero Law-led class actions against Hays Specialist Recruitment and Stellar Personnel have been put on hold amid a looming Full Court appeal by Workpac which is expected to clarify the definition of casual work in Australia.
Two GetSwift shareholders opt out of class action, say company should put ‘legal obstacles’ behind it
GetSwift shareholders Clutterbuck Capital Management and KPT Capital have opted out of a class action against the logistics services provider, blasting the "inappropriate and questionable" actions by some involved in the class action proceedings.
Gina Rinehart can’t block handover of $4B family trust docs to daughter Bianca
Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart has lost a bid to dismiss prior court orders to produce documents relating to the $4 billion family trust to her daughter, Bianca Rinehart.
Thiess, 85-year-old woman liable in Parkerville bushfire class action
A 2014 bushfire sparked by a termite-infested electrical pole that destroyed 57 homes was the fault of sub-contractor Thiess Services and the owner of the land on which the pole sat, a court has found.
Reckitt using court to beat competitors, AFT tells judge in spat over Maxigesic ads
AFT Pharmaceuticals has accused rival Reckitt Benckiser of using the court as a "clearance house" to beat its competitors, the latest development in a long-running dispute over AFT's Maxigesic ads.
Click Energy to pay $900,000 for misleading customers about their power bills
Electricity retailer Click Energy has been ordered to pay $900,000 in penalties for misleading consumers about discounts on their energy bills.
Mylan must hand over authorised generic docs ahead of injunction hearing
Pharmaceutical giant Mylan has been ordered to hand over documents relating to its proposed launch of a generic version of its cholesterol drug Lipidil to rival Sun Pharma in advance of a hearing on Mylan's request for an order blocking Sun from launching its own generic version of the drug.