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‘Plagued with competing class actions’: Judge stays latecomer Medibank case for now
Baker McKenzie 2023-05-12 1:26 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge aggrieved by the “plague” of competing class actions in the courts has temporarily stayed a second data breach class action against Medibank, and directed the health insurer to ask the privacy commissioner to drop the investigation of a third case.

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Judge frowns on Invisalign’s lawsuit against SmileDirectClub
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-05-08 1:08 pm By Sam Matthews

Dental aligner maker Invisalign has lost its case accusing competitor SmileDirectClub of misleading consumers about the cost and efficacy of its direct-to-consumer teeth alignment kits

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Class actions pile up over Medibank data breach
Healthcare 2023-05-05 6:45 am By Christine Caulfield

Private health insurer Medibank has been served with a second class action over a data breach exposing the personal details of 10 million customers.

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Medibank defence says data breach class action ‘hopeless’
Baker McKenzie 2023-05-03 3:36 pm By Sam Matthews

Private health insurer Medibank has hit back at a class action over a data breach that affected close to 10 million customers, describing the claims as “hopeless.”

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Deloitte report into Medibank cyberattack to be kept secret
Healthcare 2023-04-28 11:52 pm By Christine Caulfield

Private health insurer Medibank has not released a Deloitte report into last year’s cyberattack that exposed the private information of 10 million customers.

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Class action filed over COVID-19 outbreak at Newmarch House
Class Actions 2023-04-21 2:22 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A class action has been filed on behalf of 25 people whose loved ones died during a COVID-19 outbreak at the Newmarch House in Sydney.

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Essure contraceptive ‘safe and efficacious’, Bayer tells class action trial
Class Actions 2023-04-12 9:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Bayer told a jury that clinical trials from the 1990’s to 2014 showed its Essure birth control device was “safe and efficacious”, as the pharmaceutical giant faces trial in a class action by patients who claim they suffered debilitating injuries from the device.

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Bayer can’t dismiss Essure injuries as ‘common women’s symptoms’, class action trial told
Class Actions 2023-04-11 9:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Pharmaceutical giant Bayer cannot write off debilitating chronic pain and bleeding which patients allegedly experienced after being implanted with Essure contraceptives as “common women’s symptoms”, a court has heard in the first day of trial in a long-running class action.

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Law firm gets interim $22.6M from J&J settlement, promises to return any excess
Alec Leopold 2023-04-06 3:15 pm By Christine Caulfield

Shine Lawyers can deduct 50 per cent of its fees and all of its costs from a $300 million settlement in pelvic mesh class actions against Johnson & Johnson while a judge mulls whether the law firm’s total bill is fair and reasonable.

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Barry Nilsson poaches six from Norton Rose to boost insurance practice
Barry Nilsson Lawyers 2023-04-03 4:28 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Boutique law firm Barry Nilsson has snagged a Norton Rose Fulbright disputes partner who specialises in healthcare product liability class actions and his five-member team to join its Sydney office. 

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