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Shine Lawyers has beaten out class action rival Piper Alderman in a battle to lead a class action worth up to $463 million against collapsed wealth managers Dixon Advisory, with a judge finding the firm's no win, no fee model was likely to result in a greater return to group members.
Regenerative medicine company Mesoblast is facing another class action over claims it misled shareholders about the potential application of a developmental stem cell product to treat terminally ill children.
The Full Federal Court has rejected German drug maker Boehringer Ingelheim's appeal of ruling that shot down its opposition to Merck Sharp & Dohme's patent application for an injectable anti-parasite drug for livestock.
A judge deciding one of the first ever applications by a law firm for a percentage cut of a class action will have to determine whether Victoria's ground-breaking contingency fee legislation allows a group costs order to operate with a sliding percentage return.
The state of Victoria has asked a court to strike out a class action alleging lapses in its hotel quarantine program caused businesses to suffer losses when stage three and four COVID-19 restrictions were put in place between July and August 2020.
a2 Milk is facing a shareholder class action in New Zealand on behalf of investors who allegedly suffered loss when the company's share price plummeted on the heels of a revised outlook for the 2021 financial year amid challenges in the Chinese market.
United Petroleum has taken Perth Airport to court, arguing it was induced to enter a $900,000 lease and construction agreement at the airport’s central precinct with empty promises of redevelopment at the site.
The High Court has granted special leave to a cosmetic company to challenge a judgment finding it infringed Botox maker Allergan's trade marks by marketing its topical creams as Botox alternatives.
Viagogo has lost a bid to overturn a $7 million penalty handed down after a judge found the ticket reseller misled customers on an "industrial scale".
The High Court has been asked to wade into the debate over whether artificial intelligence can be named as an inventor on patent applications, after the Full Court overturned a landmark victory for AI pioneer Dr Stephen Thaler.