Rebel Wilson posted claims to her 11 million Instagram followers that the lead actress in her directorial debut had complained about a producer’s harassment, while knowing the accusations were false, a defamation case alleges.
Baker McKenzie has appointed a new special counsel to join the law firm’s private equity practice group in its Sydney office.
The trustee for shareholders that want to retain their Dexus-managed stake in Australia Pacific Airports Corporation can’t be separately represented from the selling group, a judge has ruled in a case that pits APAC’s investors against each other.
Engineering firm GHD Australia is the latest company to be pulled into a class action over a bus crash in NSW’s Hunter Valley that killed 10 passengers, a court has heard.
Super fund Cbus has made admissions in the corporate regulator’s case over long delays in the processing of $20 million in death and disability claims, with the action to progress directly to penalty.
Warning of the propensity for major events procurement to attract cartel conduct, the competition regulator is encouraging the Queensland government to share data on bids for Brisbane Olympics projects.
A judge did not need to recuse himself from deciding the penalty in ASIC’s case against Sunshine Loans because his earlier adverse credit findings — far from giving rise to bias concerns — were relevant to the task, the regulator has told the High Court.
For a third time, real estate investment manager Lendlease has avoided a vote on the future of its oversight of a $10 billion property fund, with a proposed meeting Wednesday of the fund’s retail investors reportedly adjourned for want of quorum.
Ashurst-represented Snowy Hydro has reached a landmark 15-year virtual tolling agreement with Akaysha Energy for Victoria’s Elaine Battery Energy Storage System, the first battery toll pact for the energy company.
The competition regulator has reached a data-sharing agreement with NSW to combat bid rigging on state contracts worth a total of $42 billion annually, in a partnership that will deploy AI to find potential cartel culprits.