Irish insurer Zurich Insurance has refused consent for a class action over a defective New Zealand apartment block to proceed in the NSW Supreme Court as it mulls a High Court challenge to the case.
Bristol-Myers Squibb unit Celgene and two generic drug makers have withdrawn an application for ACCC approval of a patent settlement that would have allowed for an early launch of a generic version of blockbuster cancer drug Revlimid.
A former Greenwoods & Freehills partner will argue he is entitled to whistleblower protection in his lawsuit against the tax advisory firm and Lendlease, alleging he was forced to leave after refusing to put his name to a tax return and making protected disclosures.
Chinese construction and engineering firm BCEG has won a $12 million lawsuit against two former directors of an Australian subsidiary after they allegedly swindled millions from the company to fund their own developments and buy a luxury apartment.
2XU has reached an in-principle settlement with its former head of human resources, who alleged she was fired for investigating complaints that the sportswear brand’s CEO bullied female employees and brought illicit drugs to a work function.
Investment firm Curve Securities is suing competitor Ord Minnett and a former associate director, alleging the defecting adviser solicited its clients and misused confidential information.
Piper Alderman has recruited a former Mills Oakley partner to join its commercial litigation practice in Perth.
A client of Corrs Chambers Westgarth has filed an appeal after a judge found the firm went āfar beyond the permissible scopeā of involvement in an expert report prepared for a trade secrets case.
Payday lenders Cigno and BHF have filed High Court challenges to a judgment which found they could not bypass lender obligations contained in the Credit Code, warning the judgment could subject buy now, pay later schemes to the Code.
Mastercard had a legitimate and pro-competitive reason for reaching agreements with major retailers to choose its network over Eftpos for debit card processing, a court was told Wednesday in the competition regulator’s misuse of market power case against the financial services behemoth.