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A life sciences and regulatory expert and her team have joined Thomson Geer following the shuttering of Hogan Lovells' Australian practice.
Maurice Blackburn has reached a pay deal with unionised staff after a heated year-long standoff, which included staff being locked out of work last month.
A solicitor has lost a round in his challenge to a professional misconduct charge by South Australia's legal watchdog for allegedly breaching conditions on his practising certificate related to paying counsel fees.
A judge has recused herself from hearing a case in light of her associate’s “quasi familial relationship” with a lawyer caught up in the long-running dispute.
The Federal Court's Chief Justice has flagged a consultation process ahead of finalising a position on the use of artificial intelligence, telling lawyers to use it “in a responsible way” in the meantime.
The peak body for community legal centres argues a case over alleged cookie cutter legal advice should be stripped of class action status, citing a recent judgment in a case against a Victorian law firm, but a judge noted there may be significant differences.
Slater & Gordon suspects a former employee who knew its security protocols sent a firm-wide email containing sensitive salary data last month and has referred the findings of its investigation to Victoria Police.
A lawyer accused of trying to blackmail personal injury firm Maliganis Edwards Johnson has won a challenge to an injunction, with a judge finding the blackmail allegation was more nuanced than conveyed by the Canberra firm.
Grant Jones has been appointed general counsel at insurer AIA Australia after nearly a decade at competitor MLC Life.