Clifford Chance has snagged an M&A partner from Herbert Smith Freehills to join its growing corporate practice.
Independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich, who is suing politician Mark Latham over a homophobic social media post, claims the One Nation NSW leader’s defence has aggravated his damages by relying on a “disgraceful” gay stereotype.
Infant formula giant Care A2 will try again to block business partner Gensco from bringing claims against it in a US court that overlap with a $200 million Australian lawsuit over a deal to sell formula in the US.
Aiming to become the “undisputed market leader” in investment funds, Hall & Wilcox has brought on the team at boutique law firm McMahon Clarke.
ASIC has brought court action against Westpac for allegedly dropping the ball on financial hardship claims by customers, some of whom had property seized or declared bankruptcy while waiting for a response from the Big Four bank.
The Albanese government has unveiled its latest industrial relations bill to set minimum conditions for the gig economy and empower the workplace umpire to order equal pay for labour hire workers.
Legal bodies have expressed alarm at the implications of a ruling that put a judge on the hook for damages for ordering the wrongful imprisonment of a Queensland man and have called for legislative action, but one expert says the judgment is unlikely to open the floodgates.
Agrochemical giant Monsanto is digging in for a fight in a class action over its alleged carcinogenic weed killer, Roundup, having refused to budge in mediation despite a $16 billion settlement in the US.
Two barristers have been elevated to the Federal Court bench, including a silk known for his work in employment class actions.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has launched legal action against five former directors and officers of defunct funeral insurance firm Youpla Group.