Law Firms

Two law firms will battle for carriage of a shareholder class action against hearing device manufacturer Cochlear, a court has heard. 

Digital giant Meta faces a class action in the Federal Court after the company's multibillion-dollar settlement in the US over harms caused by its social media platforms – the first Australian class action of its kind.

In a change of heart, a judge has appointed two barristers to act as contradictors in argument over the funder's proposed $244 million cut of a record $750 million settlement in two Toyota class actions.

Closing its case against non-alcoholic beverage maker Noot, Bickford’s has told a judge that descriptive words can constitute trade mark use when they are used to evoke a feeling or mood.

Cipla Australia wants an undertaking it intends to give pharma company Actelion over plans to launch a generic version of a blood pressure drug to be shielded from rivals Arrotex, Nova Pharmaceuticals and MSN Laboratories, as those companies battle patent infringement claims. 

Law firms are moving away from time-based billing to other pricing models with the advent of generative AI, according to an expert, and the shift could help junior lawyers retain critical skills.

The High Court has been asked to revive a class action brought by a postgrad student who alleges the research stipend he received from Sydney University was less than minimum wage.

Hearing a fight over $40 million in costs in a case over the sale of Dexus shares in Australia Pacific Airport Corporation, a judge has said he doubts the airport operator can recover the hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on a media consultant during the dispute.

Allens has advised ENGIE on the expansion of a battery energy storage system in Victoria at the site of the former Hazelwood power station.

A traditional owner has won a challenge to the Victorian government's approval of a floodplain engineering project at Vinifera on the Murray River.