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A judge presiding over a defamation case by Bruce Lehrmann on Thursday asked lawyers for the Seven Network to explain why it had taken eight months to hand over communications with the accused rapist in answer to a subpoena by Ten.
A bid by the law firm behind a settled class action against Hays Recruitment to increase a cap on costs to settle a spat with a litigation funder has been dashed, with a judge pulling up the firm for failing to inform the court of the funder's claim.
Law firm HWL Ebsworth has successfully appealed a decision finding that its negligent advice over property in Paramatta’s 'Auto Alley' cost a client $2 million, with an appeals court finding the commercial opportunity lost by the client had no value.
A judge has rejected Aussie Broadband’s bid to restrain internet service provider Superloop from acting on a sell order issued last month, calling the argument that Superloop issued the order for an improper purpose “a very weak” one.
Global firm K&L Gates has snagged two new partners for its corporate group from Holding Redlich, deepening its M&A and capital markets offering.
A funder that bankrolled a class action that was stayed against Dixon Advisory has argued it should receive $969,000 from a $16 million settlement reached in the competing proceedings that went ahead, saying its costs were spent to protect group members’ interests.
Uber has hit back at claims that it engaged in corporate espionage by using a software program called SurfCam to lure drivers away from rival GoCatch, saying its actions could not be compared to burglary because the material it obtained was not confidential.
The former CEO at Mexican fast food chain Zambrero has hit back at claims he exaggerated his role in the company's rapid expansion, saying he was founder Dr Sam Prince's "right hand man".
Fortrend Securities is amending its $28 million lawsuit against rival Shaw & Partners and two former advisors accused of scheming to solicit customers, adding a claim that a client list was produced and then destroyed after legal action was foreshadowed.
A litigant in an estate dispute dropped his lawyers and filed a notice to the court naming Dentons Australia as his new firm of solicitors. Unhappily for him he made two mistakes: filing the notice himself, and apparently failing to tell anyone at Dentons he had hired them.