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Super Retail Group’s action against lawyers wants lid on info ahead of employees’ case
Employment 2024-07-17 11:57 pm By Christine Caulfield

Preemptive action brought by Rebel Sports owner Super Retail Group against lawyers acting for the retailer’s employees in a proposed $50 million lawsuit seeks court orders concealing information expected to be filed in the case.

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CSR faces potential competition case over insulation price hikes
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-07-15 11:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

Major building insulation supplier CSR Bradford has been hit with a lawsuit by a leading home energy company seeking information on price increases as part of a potential lawsuit alleging misuse of market power.

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Super Retail Group brings legal action against employment lawyers, media strategist
Employment 2024-07-12 11:39 pm By Christine Caulfield

Rebel Sports owner Super Retail Group has filed court action against solicitors at Harmers Workplace Lawyers and the employment firm’s external media strategist, after revealing it faced a potential $50 million lawsuit by the firm on behalf of the retailer’s employees.

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Fortescue accused of ‘extraordinary invasion of privacy’ of start-up trio
Intellectual Property 2024-07-12 11:15 pm By Christine Caulfield

Seeking to quash search orders won by metals company Fortescue against former employees who founded a green iron rival, a lawyer for the start-up has said three terabytes of data were indiscriminately copied, including confidential, privileged and irrelevant material.

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Contingency fee ruling may face serious scrutiny in a High Court challenge, experts say
Analysis 2024-07-10 11:55 pm By Christine Caulfield

Although carefully reasoned, last week’s landmark judgment by the Full Federal Court finding power to grant contingency fees to class action solicitors has placed the question of statutory authority to award settlement common fund orders on more unsteady ground than before, experts say.

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Telstra cops reprimand for publishing 140,000 silent numbers
Telecommunications 2024-07-09 11:51 pm By Christine Caulfield

Telstra has been reprimanded by ACMA after the communications regulator found the silent numbers of more than 140,000 customers — including domestic violence victims — were made public.

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JWS nabs energy and resources specialist for reunion of former Corrs trio
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-07-08 11:16 pm By Christine Caulfield

Law firm Johnson Winter Slattery has recruited energy and resources specialist Nick Thorne for the firm’s Brisbance office, an appointment that represents a reunion for a former Corrs Chambers Westgarth trio. 

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Class action investigation targets OTR Group’s Smokemart & Giftbox chain
Class Actions 2024-07-05 11:53 pm By Christine Caulfield

OTR Group’s network of Smokemart and Giftbox stores face a potential class action that would allege the chains breached employment laws by depriving workers of breaks during shifts.

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Baker McKenzie partner joins Clayton Utz to bolster corporate practice
Corporate 2024-07-04 11:45 pm By Christine Caulfield

Veteran corporate lawyer Jim Peterson has left Baker McKenzie to join the Clayton Utz team as a legal consultant in Brisbane.

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Nine fights Westpac’s bid to block media from reporting on ex-head of strategy’s case
Employment 2024-07-03 11:44 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Federal Court must guard against “exceptions by accretion” when weighing Westpac’s application to prevent the public from accessing documents filed in a lawsuit by the bank’s former head of strategy, which has resolved in a confidential settlement, a judge heard Wednesday.

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