Big Six firm King & Wood Mallesons has withdrawn its representation of US rapper Ye in his case against a small Melbourne restaurant after the artist reportedly failed to instruct his lawyers.
Fintech Tyro has agreed to settle a class action brought by retailers who were unable to process payments during a days-long EFTPOS outage in January 2021.
Australia’s largest private health insurer Medibank has flagged an application to stay a landmark data breach class action filed in the Federal Court, as another law firm mulls a class action over the massive breach.
A landmark Federal Court class action against private health insurer Medibank will be a test case for when privacy claims can sidestep the regulatory path, and whether group members can prove they suffered loss from exposure of their data.
United Petroleum has been hit with a class action on behalf of franchisees who allege they suffered loss when the petrol giant installed loss-making Pie Face stores at its franchise sites.
His antisemitic remarks have lost him a spot on Forbes billionaires’ list, and now the controversy-courting US rapper formerly known as Kanye West has been asked to show he can make good on any costs order in the event he loses his intellectual property case against a small Melbourne restaurant.
A judge has found a law firm’s estimated fees for representing the Commonwealth in a class action over the use of allegedly toxic firefighting foam on military bases are excessive, noting the government has already forked over $12 million in defence costs.
King & Wood Mallesons has welcomed the return of employment law expert Annamarie Rooding, who left the firm to serve as top inhouse lawyer with gaming giant Tabcorp.
Some of Australia’s biggest law firms were targeted by lawsuits in 2022, facing allegations of negligence or bad advice from clients, or else accused by their own partners of misconduct.
A judge who previously acted for a United Petroleum Group company in a “highly acrimonious” case eight years ago has refused to recuse herself from adjudicating a new dispute involving a related company.