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A coalition of global law firms have joined together to launch an association to advise businesses on adopting better human rights practices.
A judge has found that dairy processor Lactalis Australia breached a mandatory industry code between farmers and processors requiring it to publish milk supply contracts on its website.
Epic Games has argued in favour of steaming ahead with a trial in its competition case against Apple while its parallel case against Google remains in the embryonic stage, but the tech giants say Google's litigation should catch up in the hopes that the court can hear a joint trial or hold contemporaneous hearings.
Global firm Clifford Chance has lured a Corrs Chambers Westgarth litigation partner to meet the increased demand for projects expertise stemming from pandemic-related construction disputes.
Another fight over privilege may be on the cards in a shareholder class action over the collapse of the Hastie Group, with Deloitte flagging its partners may claim privilege over certain parts of the accounting giant's evidence.
The law firms and barristers who defended former Dick Smith directors in sprawling litigation over the failure of the electronics retailer earned close to $68 million in fees, a court has heard.
Google has failed in its bid to stay a competition lawsuit brought by Epic Games, after failing to show that the Fortnite game maker would not be disadvantaged if the case were heard in California instead.
Class action settlement totals skyrocketed to over $900 million last year, and one law firm negotiated the lion's share, with $672 million in settlements under its belt.
A group of banks that failed to prove steel giant Arrium falsified representations on loan drawdown notices ahead of its $2.8 billion collapse have been ordered to pay indemnity costs after a court found they rejected $10 million settlement offers three days into the trial.
National Australia Bank and HSBC should be "jointly and severally liable" to pay a portion of the costs of a failed case brought by Dick Smith's receivers against the company's former directors because the banks stood to gain financially if the lawsuit was successful, the NSW Supreme Court has heard.