Please login to bookmark Close
Three class action law firms have joined forces to run a landmark data breach complaint against Medibank, seeking compensation for up to 9.7 million affected customers.
From $2.8M win to just $6,000, Microsoft’s case against computer retailer crashes to earth
Please login to bookmark Close
Microsoft has won a pittance for copyright infringement but copped a “substantial costs order” in its six-year-old intellectual property suit against a Melbourne computer retailer over its Windows 7 software, which previously netted the Silicon Valley giant a $2.8 million payout from Judge Sandy Street that was slammed as a “regrettable” judicial failure.
Downer wins pre-litigation docs in $25M spat with Alinta over Pilbara gas project
Please login to bookmark Close
Mining company Downer EDI has won its bid to review documents between Alinta Energy and a superintendent who allegedly acted improperly in a spat over a $208 million solar gas hybrid project in the Pilbara region.
Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting can’t halt case pending arbitration in 20-year feud
Please login to bookmark Close
Hancock Prospecting has lost a bid to shut down court cases brought by fellow mining giants Wright Prospecting and DFD Rhodes until the outcome of a family arbitration, after a judge found the company’s own forensic choices made the risk of inconsistent decisions inevitable.
Body of work: 3D printed cadaver patent faces legal challenge
Please login to bookmark Close
An Adelaide digital printing firm has brought a case against two healthcare companies in the United States, challenging a patent for producing 3D printed, artificial cadavers used in medical training and research.
Former KWM solicitor, now judge, won’t recuse herself from United Petroleum case
Please login to bookmark Close
A judge who previously acted for a United Petroleum Group company in a “highly acrimonious” case eight years ago has refused to recuse herself from adjudicating a new dispute involving a related company.
Lawyers restrained from acting in property dispute, referred to legal watchdog
Please login to bookmark Close
A prominent Melbourne lawyer and his wife have been restrained from acting in a property dispute, after a judge found they misled the court and facilitated a false settlement in favour of their clients.
Class action members benefit when funder’s payout in line with risk, judge says
Please login to bookmark Close
In reasons for approving a $41 million deal to settle one of three shareholder class actions over Slater & Gordon’s acquisition of a UK firm and awarding the funder 28 per cent, a judge has challenged a persistent notion that the interests of litigation funders and group members are at odds.
Judge imposes $450,000 penalty against Australian Mines
Please login to bookmark Close
A judge has approved a $450,000 penalty against Australian Mines in ASIC proceedings brought after its managing director was allegedly caught lying at an investment conference about the value of an offtake agreement and funding for a project at its cobalt and nickel mine in Queensland.
Court dismisses unrepresented pensioner’s class action against Department of Social Services
Please login to bookmark Close
A judge has dismissed a class action brought by a pensioner against the Department of Social Services over its real estate asset testing for pensions, citing his lack of legal representation.