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Johnson Winter & Slattery nabs top cyber lawyer from Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Johnson Winter & Slattery has bolstered its growing cyber practice with the appointment of a leading data privacy lawyer from Corrs Chambers Westgarth.
Silk loses phone numbers in NBN switch, sues Telstra
A senior barrister has brought court action against Telstra alleging the teleco engaged in fraud and misleading and deceptive conduct when its customer service staff promised he could retain his chambers' phone numbers when switching to the NBN.
$28M settlement in Arnold Bloch Leibler class action to get court’s OK
A judge will approve a $28 million settlement resolving a class action against Arnold Bloch Leibler over advice the law firm gave to Slater & Gordon ahead of a disastrous acquisition. A 28 per cent commission for the case's funder will also get the court's nod.
Banksia class action lawyers make $10.6M settlement offer
Lawyers behind a scheme to defraud members of a class action over the collapse of Banksia Securities have offered $10.6 million to resolve a case that has put them on the hook for at least double that sum.
Bayer tries to revive patent term extension for contraceptive drug
Bayer says the patents office was wrong to quash an extension for its patent covering an oral contraceptive on the grounds that its application should have been based on a drug with an earlier approval date.
Settlement talks in Astora pelvic mesh class action ‘well advanced’
Settlement talks in a class action brought by Shine Lawyers against Astora Women's Health on behalf of women injured by allegedly defective pelvic mesh products are "well advanced", while mediation in two similar actions is ongoing, a court has heard.
Law firm can’t slug group members with adverse costs bill in bushfire class actions
A law firm that ran two class actions over the St Patrick's Day bushfires has lost a bid to have group members foot the bill for $50,000 in adverse costs, with a judge saying there was "no basis" for the request.
ACCC flags supply chain competition in COVID-19 era as new priority
The ACCC will target businesses seeking to use COVID-related disruptions to global and domestic supply chains as “a veil for illegal conduct” the watchdog's outgoing chair has said in setting out the regulator’s priorities for 2022.
Class action can’t sue over government funding decisions, NT says
The Northern Territory government has hit back at a class action over allegedly underresourced and discriminatory healthcare services in the Indigenous community of Wadeye, saying it cannot be sued over its funding decisions.
FWO takes Sushi Bay to court for alleged worker underpayments
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal proceedings against the Sushi Bay group of restaurants and its owner for allegedly underpaying workers to the tune of $650,000.