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HWL Ebsworth managing partner Juan Martinez dies suddenly
HWL Ebsworth Lawyers 2024-03-19 3:27 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Juan Martinez, managing partner of Australia’s largest firm by partner count, died suddenly on Monday from a “medical issue”. HWLE’s chief strategy officer Russell Mailer […]

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Uber to pay $272M to settle taxi driver class action
Class Actions 2024-03-18 8:58 am By Sam Matthews

On the eve of trial, rideshare giant Uber has agreed to pay $271.8 million to settle a five-year-old class action brought by taxi and hire car drivers in four states over the introduction of UberX.

Apple CEO called App Store an ‘economic miracle’, court hears in Epic Games trial
Trials 2024-03-18 11:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Apple has made exceptional profits skimming a 30 per cent commission from sales on its app store, dubbed by the tech giant’s CEO an “economic miracle”, Epic Games has said on the first day of trial in a landmark competition case.

McCullough Robertson dodges indemnity costs in dispute with client over $237,000 legal bill
Business of Law 2024-03-19 2:48 pm By Sam Matthews

McCullough Robertson has avoided a client’s bid for indemnity costs despite a judge’s finding the law firm waited an “inordinate” amount of time to withdraw a statutory demand for payment of a $237,000 legal bill. 

‘I worked like a navvy’: Judge slams TWU for eleventh hour claim against Qantas
Employment 2024-03-18 4:23 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has chided the Transport Workers Union for announcing at the start of trial that it intends to seek lost union dues from Qantas, as a hearing kicked off over the amount of compensation the airline owes to ground crew, whose jobs were illegally outsourced at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Carriage fight on the cards as third IC Markets class action filed
Class Actions 2024-03-18 3:39 pm By Sam Matthews

A third law firm has filed a class action against International Capital Markets, after failing to reach an agreement on joining forces with two other firms that have agreed to consolidate their competing class actions against the Sydney broker over risky contracts for difference.

Judge grills law firm on proposal to up costs cap in Hays class action settlement
Employment 2024-03-18 2:04 pm By Christine Caulfield

A settlement of up to $1.325 million in an employment class action against labour hire firm Hays Specialist Recruitment has been approved, but a proposal by the applicant’s law firm to increase a promised limit on costs in order to resolve a row with a funder has drawn a judge’s ire.

Pesutto to face more defamation suits by organisers of anti-trans rally
Defamation 2024-03-18 11:07 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Victorian Liberal Party leader John Pesutto is facing the threat of two more defamation suits by organisers of last year’s anti-trans ‘Let Women Speak’ rally, which was crashed by neo-Nazis.

Former PwC senior associate accuses firm of ‘repeated indifference’ to bullying complaints
Employment 2024-03-18 11:59 pm By Christine Caulfield

A former senior associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers has sued the accounting giant alleging she was sacked after 16 years at the firm for making complaints about […]

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Gadens nabs defamation partner from Banki Haddock Fiora
Business of Law 2024-03-18 3:44 pm By Sam Matthews

Law firm Gadens has strengthened its IP and defamation practice with the appointments of a partner and associate from rival Banki Haddock Fiora.  Intellectual property […]

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