An investigation is underway against US medical device maker Exactech on behalf of patients who allegedly received faulty hip, knee or ankle implants.
AustralianSuper has admitted that it contravened superannuation regulations when it failed to merge the accounts of members who had multiple accounts, but says it has remediated affected customers more than $69 million.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has filed its first-ever case over internal dispute resolution regulations, targeting Telstra Super over its handling of customer complaints.
Plaintiff law firm Shine Lawyers has succeeded in narrowing the services an early learning services chain can register its ‘Shine Advantage’ trade mark for.
BHP has won its argument that shareholders who did not purchase their stock while trading on one of the three exchanges on which the mining giant is listed are excluded from a securities class action over the collapse of a Brazil tailings dam.
General Motors is stuck with the full costs of the applicant in a Holden dealers’ class action as part of a settlement with the dealership, despite arguing it had intended by its offer to pay the costs incurred only by the lead plaintiff itself.
A franchisee class action against United Petroleum over the installation of allegedly loss-making Pie Face stores at its franchise sites has succeeded in fending off the petrol company’s bid for security, with a judge agreeing it would have a chilling effect on the unfunded case.
Ten has questioned whether presenter Lisa Wilkinson should have separate representation in defending a defamation case by accused rapist Bruce Lehrmann, as it responds to a dispute over a promise to cover her legal bill.
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has brought civil penalty proceedings accusing pathology services provider Australian Clinical Labs of failing to take steps to prevent a February 2022 data breach that affected millions of patients.
Tiwi Islanders have won an eleventh hour bid to halt all work on Santos’ Barossa gas export pipeline for one week, with a judge finding construction could cause “irreparable damage” to underwater cultural heritage.