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Contingency fees won’t lead to US-style litigation, lawyers say
Feature 2020-06-19 8:25 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Legislation passed by Victoria state lawmakers lifting the ban on contingency fees in class actions will not lead to US-style litigation entrepreneurialism, but it may […]

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GetSwift leaked $138M deal to the press ahead of ASX announcement, ASIC says
Securities 2020-06-16 7:26 pm By Miklos Bolza

GetSwift “sat on” an announcement about a lucrative deal with US-based automotive sales and marketing firm N.A. Williams for more than three weeks, then leaked […]

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‘These results are not accidental’: GetSwift saw ASX as ‘cheap way’ to boost share price, ASIC says
Securities 2020-06-15 6:49 pm By Miklos Bolza

Emails show the directors of logistics company GetSwift took a “deliberate approach” to inflating the company’s share price through a constant supply of positive ASX […]

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Litigation funder wins access to docs in parking patent dispute against City of Melbourne
Intellectual Property 2020-06-12 9:19 pm By Miklos Bolza

The funder backing a patent lawsuit by tech firm Vehicle Management Systems over an invention used by the City of Melbourne to time parked vehicles […]

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Law firm leaders reflect on lessons learned from COVID-19
Business of Law 2020-06-03 5:58 pm By Alison Eveleigh

The global pandemic has shown that the traditional law firm operating model can be transformed with speed and agility if needed. Beyond the anticipated shift […]

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What the new normal will look like for lawyers as firms reopen doors
Business of Law 2020-06-02 5:50 pm By Miklos Bolza

The reopening of law firm offices in Melbourne and Sydney may still be months away but firms have given Lawyerly a glimpse of what it […]

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High Court won’t hear East Timor’s request to shut down $328M dispute
Energy & Natural Resources 2020-06-01 10:37 am By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court will not weigh in on a jurisdictional challenge by the Democratic Republic of East Timor to a lawsuit brought in Australia by […]

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Quintis class action settlement delayed again over $46M insurance question
Class Actions 2020-05-29 5:16 pm By Alison Eveleigh

The settlement of two shareholder class actions against sandalwood producer Quintis has been delayed for a second time, as the parties continue to investigate the […]

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Slater & Gordon settlement armed class action to sue us, Arnold Bloch Leibler tells court
Class Actions 2020-05-27 4:11 pm By Miklos Bolza

Slater and Gordon’s conduct when settling a previous securities class action against it armed the lead plaintiff with the information he needed to later bring […]

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Spain hit with lawsuit seeking to enforce $128M arbitration award
Arbitration 2020-05-26 1:58 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Spain has been hit with a lawsuit seeking to enforce a $128 million arbitration award in a dispute over the country’s alternative energy investment policies, […]

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