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Slater & Gordon has settled a lawsuit brought by a former senior solicitor alleging he was fired after making complaints about the law firm's arrangement with a third-party funder for personal injury clients.
Lander & Rogers has reeled in a heavy hitter from Deloitte Legal to bolster the firm's regulatory and government dispute practices and sharpen its focus on innovative technology.
Piper Alderman has struck back at a sex discrimination lawsuit brought by a former administrative assistant, admitting that while a law firm partner did tell her to "go spend time with your kids" following a meeting in which she was made redundant, the comment had been taken out of context.
AMP has settled legal proceedings brought by a former general counsel who claims she was sacked from the wealth management firm after raising concerns about its fees for no services conduct.
The owner of Melbourne's Barfly's, which has been sued by its former law firm for unpaid fees relating to a $2.4 million settlement negotiated for the Flinders Street cafe in negligence proceedings, has raised questions about the nearly $1 million in fees charged by the firm and a barrister that worked on the case.
Pitcher Partners says the lead applicant in a discontinued class action over its auditing of Slater and Gordon should cover the costs for cross-claims it brought against nine parties, including the law firm and several of its former directors.
An appeals court has declined to dismiss an international law firm's appeal of a ruling staying its case against a former director who formed a breakaway law firm with a former Freehills partner and Westpac in-house counsel and lured away lucrative oil and gas clients.
US white shoe firm White & Case has snagged a leading tax partner from Herbert Smith Freehills' tax firm to bolster its growing team in Australia.
Herbert Smith Freehills has discovered it underpaid a number of its graduate lawyers, with some in the Big Six firm's graduate ranks owed more than $20,000.
The number of female barristers being briefed is climbing but they continue to be paid significantly less than their male counterparts, a new report by Australia's peak legal body has revealed.