A judge has approved a settlement of up to $180.4 million in a stolen wages class action against the WA government but slashed the law firm’s fees and funder’s commission.
Vittoria has defeated claims in an intellectual property battle that it infringed on rival Koninklijke Douwe Egbert’s trade mark for the design of its Moccona instant coffee jar.
A judge has expressed concerns after hearing that up to 20,000 group members in three pelvic mesh class actions have yet to receive payment from $405 million in settlements approved in March last year.
A judge has refused to stay a fight between the tax office and software company Oracle over royalties, finding determination of the dispute will guide 15 other cases.
Rugby Australia is considering an insolvent trading cross-claim against the directors of the Melbourne Rebels, in a suit by the failed team which was cut from next year’s Super Rugby Pacific competition.
The judge overseeing a $180.4 million settlement in a stolen wages class action has railed against Shine Lawyers’ $10 million bill for the costs of registration, saying “something has gone seriously wrong”.
The High Court has been asked to revive a class action over Sydney’s light rail construction and weigh in on whether litigation funders can claim their commissions as damages.
Novartis unit Sandoz is appealing a tribunal decision in favour of pharmaceutical company Lundbeck over a licence to sell a generic version of leading antidepressant Lexapro.
Aristocrat has sued competitor Light & Wonder and two former employees for allegedly using confidential information about its popular Dragon Link poker game to develop a competing product.
Pharmaceuticals giant Lundbeck has succeeded in overturning IP Australia’s decision granting Novartis unit Sandoz a licence to sell a generic version of top-selling antidepressant Lexapro.