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In win for union, court muzzles St Vincent’s talk on bed closures
Employment 2025-01-24 11:44 pm By Sam Matthews

A nurses union has won orders barring St Vincent’s Private from representing to nurses that protected industrial action in relation to the closure of beds at various hospitals is unlawful and unprotected.

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Legal fees to eat up more than half of COVID-19 class action settlement
Class Actions 2025-01-21 10:22 pm By Sam Matthews

Legal fees will eat up more than half of a $3.5 million settlement reached in a class action over deaths at a NSW aged care facility during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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Novartis appeals IP win for Pharmacor over blood pressure drug
Appeals 2025-01-20 11:42 pm By Christine Caulfield

Pharmaceutical giant Novartis is challenging the loss of its case against Sydney-based generics company Pharmacor over a patent for heart medication Entresto.

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K&L Gates recruits patent litigator from Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Intellectual Property 2025-01-13 11:40 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Global law firm K&L Gates has hired former Corrs Chambers Westgarth IP litigator Rachelle Downie as a partner in its Melbourne office.

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Tenth junior doctors class action filed after run of court wins
Class Actions 2025-01-09 9:53 am By Sam Matthews

Law firm Gordon Legal has filed a tenth class action on behalf of junior doctors in Victoria who were allegedly underpaid for shift work, after several landmark wins in similar cases. 

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Exactech class action continues settlement talks despite US bankruptcy
Class Actions 2025-01-08 11:47 am By Andy Sidler

A class action against implant maker Exactech has been stayed in light of its US bankruptcy, but a carve out allows the firm that brought the case to continue settlement negotiations.

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Pfizer faces class action investigation into Depo-Provera
Class Actions 2025-01-06 8:22 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

US drug maker Pfizer is facing a class action investigation into the possible link between its injectable contraceptive Depo-Provera and brain tumors.

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‘Considerable disquiet’: Pelvic mesh group members can challenge $405M settlements
Product Liability 2024-12-23 11:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Women who were allegedly injured by defective pelvic mesh implants can apply to set aside two approved settlements against Johnson & Johnson and Boston Scientific worth $405 million.

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$56M settlement approved in Monash IVF class action
Class Actions 2024-12-23 3:39 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has approved a $56 million settlement in a class action alleging Monash IVF destroyed potentially viable embryos, including a $10.6 million payout for the firm that ran the case.

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Johnson & Johnson hit with class action over cold and flu medications
Class Actions 2024-12-20 6:16 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Johnson & Johnson has been hit with a class action for allegedly pushing ineffective cold and flu medications containing phenylephrine onto customers for decades.

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