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Allens picks up restructuring partner from Baker McKenzie
Business of Law 2025-05-21 11:37 pm By Christine Caulfield

Allens has added a Baker McKenzie partner to its restructuring practice in Sydney. 

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Court ‘loathe’ to order more discovery in ACCC suit against Mastercard
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-05-20 11:02 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge hearing the ACCC’s misuse of market power case against Mastercard has said he’s “loathe” to order any further discovery, as the credit card company argues a fight over waiver of legal professional privilege could involve “potentially enormous” further discovery. 

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Class action over risky CFDs wins access to customer screening data
Class Actions 2025-05-12 11:06 pm By Andy Sidler

A class action against CMC Markets has won access to data thought to reveal that approximately 2,500 customers who failed screening tests for risky financial products were nevertheless permitted to trade. 

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K&L Gates snags energy partner from Baker McKenzie
Baker McKenzie 2025-05-06 11:41 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

In the latest expansion of its energy, infrastructure and resources team, K&L Gates has lured the former co-head of Baker McKenzie’s Australia energy group to join the firm.

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Netflix urged to continue talks in pregnancy discrimination suit after failed mediation
Employment 2025-04-28 1:03 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge has urged Netflix and a manager who alleges she was booted from her role while on parental leave to continue talks to resolve their dispute following a failed mediation.

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Medibank can’t shield Deloitte reports from data breach class action
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-04-04 11:37 pm By Sam Matthews

Medibank has been ordered to give a class action copies of reports by Deloitte into a massive data breach in October 2022, in a judgment made public on Friday and already facing appeal by the health insurer.

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Thomson Geer picks up Hogan Lovells life sciences team
Business of Law 2025-04-04 11:57 am By Julia Kanapathippillai

A life sciences and regulatory expert and her team have joined Thomson Geer following the shuttering of Hogan Lovells’ Australian practice.

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Who’s the ‘Mac’? Macquarie asks Federal Court to decide
Intellectual Property 2025-03-20 3:16 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Macquarie’s fight with a NSW credit union — which saw the bank’s ‘Macbank’ trade mark cancelled because, a delegate found, it had only been used colloquially — has landed in the Federal Court.   

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Wilkinson’s failure to make settlement offer to Ten dooms referee costs bid
Media 2025-03-19 11:53 pm By Andy Sidler

After a spat over legal expenses in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case, and a final agreement to accept $1.15 million from Ten to cover the costs, presenter Lisa Wilkinson has lost her bid for more costs.

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Contingency fees are relevant to class action transfer bids, High Court rules
Class Actions 2025-03-12 10:14 am By Christine Caulfield

A group costs order giving class action solicitors a percentage cut of the proceeds of a case is a factor in weighing whether proceedings should be transferred from Victoria to a state in which such an order could not operate, the High Court has ruled.

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