Medical device maker Bayer has successfully defended a class action over its Essure contraceptive, with a judge finding the evidence fell short of proving the device caused chronic inflammation.
The funder behind a class action against Transport for NSW by residents displaced by the construction of Sydney’s WestConnex tunnel has been ordered to pay $134,000 to cover the class action’s costs after it brought a failed action to rescind trust funds.
A new class action alleges IAG unit NRMA slugged returning policyholders with an algorithm-determined “loyalty tax” on their home and contents insurance.
New Zealand’s consumer regulator will bring criminal charges against Woolworths NZ and two Pak’nSave branches over alleged inaccurate pricing and misleading specials.
The ACCC has given medical imaging company Integral Diagnostics the green light to acquire Capitol Health, after it offered to sell off one of 61 radiology clinics to win approval. On Tuesday, the competition regulator announced that it would not oppose the acquisition, which would see ASX-listed Integral Diagnostics acquire Capitol’s 60 radiology sites right…
UK currency exchange Wise has lost its challenge to a crypto asset management firm’s ‘Bitwise’ trade mark, with IP Australia finding it could not monopolise the word ‘wise’.
Proposed new regulations would give the ACCC a boost in targeting anti-competitive conduct by digital platforms, but a “big gap” remains in its powers, an expert told Lawyerly.
A judge has ordered Honda to pay $13.6 million in damages to dealer Brighton Automotive in a suit over the car maker’s move away from a dealership model.
US-based satellite broadband provider Viasat has lost its bid to appeal an arbitral ruling that rejected its damages claim against the subcontractor on a Department of Defence project.
The High Court has ruled that NSW builders cannot point fingers at their subcontractors as concurrent wrongdoers for negligent construction defects under the Design and Building Practitioners Act.