Technology company Bluechiip has engaged lawyers seeking to recover around $5 million allegedly owed by California-based lab equipment manufacturer Labcon, which tore up a $15.9 million contract in the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Victoria’s chief health officer has confirmed that a cluster of COVID-19 cases has been linked to law firm HWL Ebsworth, and has urged people to reconsider working from offices as coronavirus cases surge in the state.
A judge has ordered private health insurer Medibank to pay $5 million in penalties for rejecting the claims of hundreds of members who were entitled to coverage for critical medical procedures, including spinal surgery.
Venture capitalist Elaine Stead has refused to go into a second round of mediation in her defamation case against the Nine-owned Fairfax Media Publications saying it would be a “waste of time”.
Elderly victims of Ponzi schemer Bradley Sherwin have told the government’s class action inquiry of their “horrendous class action journey”, which led to a “pathetic outcome” in which the majority of a $12 million settlement with the Bank of Queensland went to the law firm and funder behind the case.
Westpac has denied claims in a shareholder class action filed in the wake of AUSTRAC proceedings alleging 23 million breaches of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism finance laws, saying the information the class action says it should have disclosed to shareholders “did not exist”.
An increase in the number of unfair dismissal cases and the addition of JobKeeper disputes has seen the general caseload of the Fair Work Commission jump by 30 per cent as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, FWC President Justice Iain Ross AO told Lawyerly.
The corporate watchdog would not take action on funding terms in a Fair Work class action brought by Adero Law, after receiving reports of potential misleading or deceptive conduct by the law firm and the funder backing the case, according to submissions made in the government’s latest inquiry into litigation funding and class actions.
The judge hearing a class action trial against Ford over its allegedly defective Powershift transmission has rejected the car maker’s argument that certain documents should be suppressed because they hold trade secrets, saying Ford did not invent the 6 Sigma problem solving method on which some of the reports were based.
Personal care giant Procter & Gamble has told a court that some of its Oral B teeth whitening products may be taken off retailer’s shelves if its lawsuit, which alleges competitor Colgate-Palmolive made misleading claims that its whitening toothpaste can remove 10 years of stains, is not expedited.
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