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Bayer faces Australian class action over birth control Essure
Product Liability 2018-08-13 2:42 pm By Christine Caulfield

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 […]

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DoD faces class action over contamination from army base
Class Actions 2018-08-03 8:53 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Shine Lawyers has filed a class action against the Department of Defence on behalf of the town of Katherine alleging it has been “devastated” by […]

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Ethicon applicants asked to weigh in on UK ruling on defective products
Product Liability 2018-07-11 12:29 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The judge overseeing a class action against Johnson & Johnson over allegedly defective vaginal mesh products has asked the applicants to weigh in on a […]

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Sydney council settles asbestos dumping class action
Class Actions 2018-06-18 10:44 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Sydney’s Liverpool council has reached a proposed settlement with residents who claim their properties were harmed when soil containing asbestos was dumped near nature strips […]

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Fourth class action filed over St Patrick’s Day fires
Class Actions 2018-06-18 4:36 pm By Christine Caulfield

Powercor Australia has been hit a class action alleging its negligence led to a fire in the Gazette area of South West Victoria, the fourth class […]

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Third class action to be filed over contamination at DoD army base
Class Actions 2018-06-15 10:20 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Shine Lawyers has received unconditional funding from IMF Bentham to bring another class action against the Department of Defence over alleged land contamination near an […]

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High Court says superannuation counts as lost earnings
Product Liability 2018-06-13 11:48 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has said pensions can count as lost earnings, agreeing with a ruling from the Full Court of the Supreme Court of South […]

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Tractor maker Agrison named in bushfire class action
Product Liability 2018-05-29 10:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

Tractor company Agrison has been added as a defendant in a class action brought by victims of the 2015 bushfire near Ballarat that ripped through […]

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Toyota alerted to problems with Takata airbags in 2003, court filings show
Class Actions 2018-05-09 10:17 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Toyota was on notice about problems with Takata airbags 15 years ago, after a Takata inflator ruptured at one of the car maker’s testing facilities, […]

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Judge prods VW to name employees who OKd emissions cheat software
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-05-08 4:23 pm By Miklos Bolza

Volkswagen has been ordered for a third time to provide the court with the names of employees who were involved in approving the emissions cheat […]

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