Judges

Johnson & Johnson unit Ethicon is seeking a class closure order in the pelvic mesh class action, as the company prepares to enter mediation.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has lost an appeal of a ruling that dismissed its case over allegedly inadequate disclosures by private health insurer Medibank relating to member benefits.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission wants to block former We Buy Houses director Rick Otton from using the proceeds from the sale of his $3.6 million Bondi home to help with legal costs and living expenses as he appeals a record $6 million fine for consumer law violations.

A barrister for two units of embattled wealth manager IOOF and three senior company executives facing claims by APRA have criticised the regulator for filing a broad concise statement and no statement of claim after a three-year investigation.

Generic drug giant Teva has filed a lawsuit seeking to have German pharmaceutical company Boehringer's patent for an inhalation capsule, which is used to deliver the active drug in its blockbuster Spiriva asthma inhaler, declared invalid.

NSW Ports has criticised the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission for expecting the company to file a defence to the regulator's allegations of anti-competitive conduct from a concise statement it panned as "vague".

The law firms that challenged a ruling staying their cases against GetSwift gave the Full Federal Court a chance to guide judges managing competing class actions, but they can't avoid paying their opponents' legal costs because the court happened to seize the opportunity.

A judge has slammed an amended pleading in a class action against Zoetis by horse owners who claim the pharmaceutical company made misleading claims about its Hendra virus drug, saying it presents an "insuperable difficulty".

A judge has denied Sanofi's bid to block Alphapharm from listing its insulin injector pen on the Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme, saying Sanofi has not established a strong enough case of infringement to justify granting the injunction.

A law firm on the losing end of a landmark ruling over competing shareholder class actions against GetSwift has argued that a proposed opt-out notice to group members should wait until after its High Court appeal. And the judge will let the firm make its argument, after hearing that the winning law firm has been, in his words, "sitting on its hands".