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Parties in AMS pelvic mesh class action promise streamlined approach
Lawyers on both sides of the class action against American Medical Services over pelvic mesh implants have taken steps to ensure the case proceeds with greater efficiency than the pelvic mesh class action against Johnson & Johnson, which went to an 89-day trial five years after that case was filed.
Murray Goulburn faces second class action over profit downgrade
Milk supplier Murray Goulburn has been hit with a second class action over its profit forecast revision in 2016 that wiped 40 percent off the dairy cooperative's investment value.
Radio Rentals class denied info to advance claim about ‘strange’ contract structure
The applicant in a consumer class action against Radio Rentals has lost her bid for interrogatories which an attorney for the class said could lend support to claims that the company's "strange" lease contracts were structured to avoid its obligations under the Uniform Consumer Credit Code.
Brambles hit with second shareholder class action
Chain logistics company Brambles is facing a second class action alleging it breached its continuous disclosure obligations by failing to revise its overly rosy 2017 financial forecast on several occasions.
Class action can claim Westpac unit knew about $1.9M Ponzi scheme
A judge has denied a Westpac unit's bid to strike allegations that it knew about a $1.9 million Ponzi scheme from a class action alleging the bank aided the Ponzi schemer's illegal conduct.
AMP slams ‘red herring’ in class action transfer fight
Embattled financial giant AMP on Tuesday criticised concerns raised by lawyers for the federal class actions about group members' opt out rights, saying the concerns were a "red herring" in the fight against an order transferring their cases to the NSW Supreme Court.
AMP denies class members will hit time bar in state court
AMP has slammed arguments that group members in four Federal Court class actions could face a jurisdictional limitation on their claims of disclosure breaches if their cases are transferred to state court, saying no such disadvantage exists.
Ethicon fights expanded class in vaginal mesh action
Ethicon told the Full Federal Court on Monday that the judge overseeing the marathon class action against it over allegedly defective vaginal mesh devices got it wrong when she reset the dates for inclusion in the class.
IOOF unit seeks to expand claims against insurance broker in Provident class action
IOOF subsidiary Australian Executive Trustees wants to expand the cross-claim it filed against insurance broker Willis Australia in the class action over the collapse of Provident Capital, two weeks after AET agreed to fork over $44.25 million to settle the matter.
Bayer faces Australian class action over birth control Essure
Pharmaceutical and life sciences giant Bayer is facing a potential class action in Australia over its birth control device Essure, which can allegedly cause nickel poisoning and other severe complications.