Trial in a class action against Suncorp unit AAI over add-on insurance has been delayed as Maurice Blackburn works to secure a NAB bank guarantee to satisfy a $1.7 million security for costs order.
Generic drug maker Sun Pharma has succeeded in invalidating Otsuka Pharmaceuticalâs patent for an injectable, controlled release form of the Japanese drug maker’s top-selling antipsychotic Abilify.
The development management company behind the $2.7 billion STH BNK project, which was placed in administration last week, owes creditors — including lawyers, consultants and designers — over $100 million.
Ahead of an eight-week trial in an investor class action in July, ratings agency S&P has lost its bid to throw out the entirety of the expert evidence in the case.
The heirs of iron ore magnate Peter Wright have won a bid to haul their brother Julian to court to question him about the identity of the funder who backed his unsuccessful case against them in a dispute over their fatherâs estate.
Lawyers will struggle to hold providers of legal artificial intelligence services liable for negligence but the situation may change as the technology becomes more sophisticated, experts have told Lawyerly.Â
The Albanese government has passed a new law aimed at preventing a repeat of the Robodebt scandal, making it an offence for federal agency heads to impede an investigation by the Commonwealth watchdog.Â
Mineral Resources confirmed Thursday managing director Chris Ellison will be replaced following a disclosure scandal detailed late last year, but no new penalties will be imposed.
The High Court has overturned a controversial decision that put a judge on the hook for a manâs false imprisonment, finding that all judges are immune from civil suits for acts done in the performance of their judicial duties.
A second law firm has lodged class actions against Coles and Woolworths on the back of the consumer regulator’s claims that the supermarket giants’ discount campaigns were misleading.