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MinterEllison has pulled its sponsorship of the upcoming Adelaide Festival because of the inclusion of two Palestinian writers known for their anti-Zionist views, citing concerns about “racist or antisemitic commentary.”
Employment law firm Kingston Reid has been hit with Fair Work proceedings by a former paralegal who says the firm ignored her complaints about “ongoing bullying and humiliation” and fired her because she became pregnant.
The Federal Court has dialled back a controversial rule change restricting public access to new cases, but the latest procedure is a laughable attempt to retreat from the attack on open justice and should make even litigants nervous.
Hall & Wilcox has lured a Baker & McKenzie veteran and renewables specialist to lead its Sydney finance practice.
A judge has blessed a law firm’s $16.6 million legal bill for running two franchisee class actions against 7-Eleven despite a contradictor’s argument that it had a “troubling” practice of deferring its fees to benefit the funder that bankrolled the cases.
International law firm Dentons has lured the principal of IPH Limited, which owns leading intellectual property firms including Griffith Hack and Spruson & Ferguson, for its Australasian patents team.
Melbourne law firm KHQ Lawyers has been sued for a former junior lawyer who alleges the firm compiled a "haphazard collection" of allegations as pretense to fire her after she complained about workplace bullying.
A Victorian barrister has been found guilty of contempt of court for representing her sons despite an order barring her from legal practice, but a judge dismissed a call by the legal watchdog to record a criminal conviction, saying the lawyer had not been deliberately defiant.
Ashurst has bolstered its Sydney tax practice with the addition of two senior taxation lawyers from Deloitte.
A Sydney barrister who charged $349,360 after giving an estimate of $60,000 for work on a bankruptcy case has lost his bid for a costs review after his fee was slashed, with a judge finding his client could not make an informed choice about her representation.