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Law firm Hicksons Lawyers has reached a last-minute settlement to resolve sex discrimination claims brought by a female former partner who claims she was denied a promotion to equity partner because of her gender.
A Sydney solicitor has won an extension of time to file a defamation case against Network Ten after an appeals court found he had valid reason for not bringing the case by the one-year deadline -- fighting criminal charges that were eventually dropped.
Crying poor during COVID-19, Viagogo has won a temporary stay of a $7 million penalty imposed by a court that found the ticket reseller misled customers on an “industrial scale”.
Former senator David Leyonhjelm has lost his appeal of a ruling ordering him to pay $120,000 to Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young for defaming her in a series of interviews in 2018.
The ACCC's cartel case against family-owned crane company NQCranes suffers from 'incoherence', the company's counsel told the Federal Court on Monday ahead of an application to strike out a large portion of the regulator's case.
Ticket reseller Viagogo is seeking a stay of a $7 million penalty in litigation brought by the ACCC in light of the "catastrophic effect" of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the company appeals a court's finding that it misled customers on an "industrial scale".
Counsel for Queensland-based NQCranes has lashed out at the ACCC for seeking to amend its cartel action against the crane company, telling a court the regulator had been warned for months that the case was deficient.
US consumer goods giant Kimberly-Clark has agreed to pay $200,000 for misleading 'Made in Australia' representations made on its 'flushable' wipes.
Law firm Piper Alderman has filed a lawsuit seeking payment of an alleged debt against a former senior partner who accused the firm of sex discrimination.
While there was no shortage of pain and challenges for law firms as the coronavirus raged across the globe last year, a number of big firms also felt the sting of litigation from disgruntled clients, partners and employees.