The law firm running a class action against Exactech over allegedly faulty joint implants is facing the “impossible task” of settling the case by January, the “drop dead” deadline for resolving the claim under its US parent company’s restructuring.
A judge has balked at a suggestion by group members appealing a $112 million Robodebt class action settlement that the Commonwealth could represent the interests of people content with the deal.
The corporate regulator has outlined its enforcement priorities for next year, and top of the hit list will be businesses that exploit cost of living pressures.
Australia’s competition watchdog is concerned Cleanaway’s proposed acquisition of Citywide could reduce competition in the waste management sector.
ASIC has attacked an appeal argument by payday lenders BSF Solutions and Cigno that athough they offered short-term loans, the fees they charged had no link to the credit services.
Uber and Melbourne Airport are facing a claim after a blind passenger and his seeing eye dog were allegedly refused rides.
A judge has found that Telstra did not violate disability discrimination laws when it put a hard-of-hearing Triple-0 operator on leave after she failed a hearing test.
A unit of insurer Marsh breached its obligation not to use documents discovered in litigation over the $7 billion collapse of Greensill by using them in an anti-suit injunction bid in the UK, a court has found.
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis has lost its patent infringement case against Sydney-based generics company Pharmacor over a top-selling heart medication.
Facing a probe by the corporate regulator, mining giant Mineral Resources has admitted that it should have disclosed transactions relating to managing director Chris Ellison’s company.
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