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Group members in a class action by Papua New Guinea workers against labour hire firm CoreStaff would get less than half of a $6.4 million settlement if the funder that backed the case seeks a common funder order for a 35 per cent commission.
The High Court has agreed to weigh in on whether an Australian court's recognition of a $375 million international arbitration award against the kingdom of Spain violated the sovereign immunity doctrine.
An Emirates-owned provider of in-flight catering services has taken Qantas to court claiming it's owed $72.5 million after the airline cut its services during the coronavirus pandemic.
Tech companies will be held responsible for harmful disinformation and misinformation on their platforms under new laws that will be introduced in the second half of the year.
The founder of whitegoods distributor Kleenmaid, who won a retrial after being sentenced to nine years for fraud and insolvent trading, will not spend any more time in jail after being resentenced by a judge who called him "a man of greed".
Global firm Clifford Chance has lured a Corrs Chambers Westgarth litigation partner to meet the increased demand for projects expertise stemming from pandemic-related construction disputes.
The consumer regulator has initiated court proceedings alleging Facebook technology allowed scam cryptocurrency ads featuring celebrities to target susceptible users and that the social media giant failed to take adequate steps to remove them.
Australia and the Netherlands have taken legal action against Russia over the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, which killed 38 Australians.
The High Court has decided to weigh in on whether computer-implemented inventions are eligible for patent protection, granting special leave to Aristocrat Technologies to challenge a judgment that shot down four patents for its popular Lightning Link electronic poker machine.
Technology company Nuix has been hit with a third shareholder class action over its troubled $1.8 billion float on the ASX, setting up what is likely to be the first beauty parade in the Supreme Court of Victoria since the state allowed class action lawyers to seek a cut of any settlement or judgment.