Piper Alderman

The NSW government has been hit with a class action alleging it ignored legal advice that merchant fees charged to residents on transactions, which included drivers licence renewal payments and parks passes, were unlawful.

Piper Alderman has lured a corporate partner from Lander & Rogers to join its Melbourne office.

The liquidators of a subsidiary of collapsed media company Big Un have lost their case against financier First Class Capital alleging a three million share purchase was part of a scheme to inflate the company's stock price. 

The contractor behind Alinta Energy’s gas-fired Pilbara power station has been awarded $7.1 million, with a judge finding Alinta failed to ensure clear and safe access to the site. 

The lawyers and funder behind a settled class action against AMP will ask a court to OK fees and commission totalling almost $22 million, a bill that leaves just $7 million for group members but represents a $43 million loss on actual costs.

A retired Northern Territory judge faces allegations of sexual harassment by a former associate after failing in his challenge to a decision allowing the complainant to proceed with the case, filed more than a decade after the alleged conduct.

ThinkPad maker Lenovo has launched an appeal against an IP Australia decision that US-based Boston Limited’s ‘Thinkmate’ trade mark did not step on the Chinese computer company's brand.

A judge has ordered failed space start-up Equatorial Launch Australia to pay its former chief executive $2.4 million for breaching a commitment amount contract, despite the company now being in liquidation.

Hall & Wilcox has welcomed three partners from Piper Alderman to grow its corporate practice.

A judge has shot down a bid to add a negligence claim to a class action on behalf of Queensland motorists over allegedly excessive toll charges, finding allegations the government owed a duty of care were likely to be struck out.