The NSW state racing authority has won access to communications between public relations firm Cato & Clive and five other racing bodies, including Racing Victoria, as it weighs a lawsuit alleging they plotted to exclude the body from the Australian horseracing industry.Â
A unit of Purdue Pharma has fired off a cross-claim in Australian drug maker AUPharmaâs lawsuit alleging the US drug giant was wrongly granted patent extensions for oxycodone products marketed as Targin.
Port operations provider Engage Marine is seeking to obtain copies of restricted documents in the ACCCâs case against TasPorts, as it mounts its own competition suit against the Tasmanian government-owned body.
Former senator Rex Patrick has brought novel proceedings against the Attorney-General seeking access to letters concerning the 2020 âsports rortsâ scandal and challenging the government’s policy of denying access to documents after a minister has changed jobs.
A class action against Aveo Group has settled for $11 million mid trial, with the law firm that brought the case expressing regret for any “distress or anxiety” it caused and acknowledging the retirement village providerâs contracts with residents were lawful.Â
Two class action law firms have teamed up to investigate possible legal action against Latitude Financial over a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of 14 million customer records.
Beauty giant McPhersonâs has denied ASIC’s claims that it misled the market and breached its disclosure obligations in 2020, arguing that a document showing sales of its Dr LeWinnâs line were down by $21 million was a draft that couldnât have been used to revise a financial forecast.
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s former boss Emma Dunch has discontinued her unfair dismissal case in which she claimed she was terminated for investigating multiple claims of sexual harassment by musicians.
Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has lost its bid to avoid producing documents to Bianca Rinehart and John Hancock after a judge rejected arguments the Rinehart children were abusing the courtâs processes in a long-running dispute over ownership of a valuable mining tenement.
An appeals court has partially sided with Toyota in a challenge to the damages bill assessed by a judge in a class action over defective diesel filters, saying the reduction in value of affected cars should be assessed at 10 per cent, not 17.5 per cent, of the price paid by motorists.