Law Firms

Former PricewaterhouseCoopers CEO Thomas Seymour has been banned from registering as a tax agent for four years, after the regulator found he permitted a culture within the accounting firm of sharing confidential information.

A shareholder class action over BHP’s disclosures about a Brazilian dam that collapsed 10 years ago has settled for $110 million on the eve of trial, one of a handful of class actions to settle for over $100 million. 

Regeneron and Bayer have lost their bid to block generic drug maker Sandoz from launching a biosimilar of their blockbuster eye drug Eylea.

Coles and Woolworths estimate they will need to remediate underpaid workers up to $780 million, following a complex judgment in two class actions and regulatory proceedings handed down last week.

Nuix has lodged an appeal of a ruling finding it owes $20 million before its insurers will cover its legal bills for lawsuits over its $1.8 billion float.

Johnson Winter Slattery has lured a real estate partner with 15 years of experience from Mills Oakley.

A court has appointed receivers to two entities of collapsed asset manager Australian Fiduciaries amid concerns by the corporate regulator that $167 million in funds have been misused, including to buy $600,000 in luxury cars.

Lander & Rogers is relocating its Sydney office from Pitt Street to a reimagined 33 Alfred Street in Circular Quay, reflecting the law firm's growth in the city's legal market.

A tribunal has taken aim at ACT's legal watchdog for its "overreach” in pursuing a dishonesty charge against a lawyer, who claimed he was duped by a client.

Japan-based Mitsui has sued Esso Australia and Woodside Energy, its partners in the Kipper gas field in the Bass Strait, disputing their claims that it owes $298 million in taxes and alleging it overpaid fees to the tune of $20.3 million.