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Pinsent Masons nabs PwC partner for property team
Pinsent Masons has recruited an energy specialist from the embattled PricewaterhouseCoopers to grow its property team in Australia.
ASIC suffers significant loss in ‘illegal phoenix’ case against liquidator
The corporate regulator has failed in its case targeting an individual insolvency practitioner for alleged illegal phoenix activity.
Seven, Stokes keep up fight to shield emails with Ben Roberts-Smith’s lawyers
Seven Network and owner Kerry Stokes are seeking to challenge a ruling ordering them to produce thousands of emails exchanged with Ben Roberts-Smith's legal team as Nine tallies its costs of successfully defending the former soldier's defamation action.
Chatime boss liable for underpayments despite ignorance of unlawful activity, court says
A court has found the managing director of teahouse franchise Chatime liable for the underpayment of staff, despite accepting that he believed the company's wage system was not unlawful.
Clive Palmer can’t hide role as funder of discontinued class action against Telstra
A judge who previously described as a "schemozzle" a law firm's attempt to drop a class action over Telstra's COVID-19 vaccine policy has refused a bid to keep secret Clive Palmer's involvement as funder of the aborted litigation.
Dell cops $10M penalty for misleading customers about discounts
Dell Australia has been ordered to pay a $10 million penalty for making false and misleading representations about the discount prices of add-on computer monitors.
Telstra, TPG give up fight over $1.8B network sharing deal
Telstra and TPG will not challenge a decision by the Australian Competition Tribunal to uphold the ACCC's rejection of their proposed regional network sharing agreement.
Silk’s case against Telstra over loss of chambers’ phone numbers discontinued
A senior barrister's case alleging Telstra falsely promised he could keep his chambers' phone numbers when switching to the NBN has been discontinued.
AMP sets aside $50M for BOLR class action as it mulls appeal
AMP has set aside $50 million in its financial statement for the first half of 2023 to cover potential liability in a class action won last month by financial advisers over the wealth manager's buyer of last resort policy.
Medical glove maker Ansell handed shareholder class action
A shareholder class action has been filed against medical glove manufacturer Ansell Limited following an earnings guidance downgrade blamed on COVID-19.