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James Hardie is fighting a bid to amend a shareholder class action over the building materials giant’s 2023 income forecasts, telling the court it doesn’t understand the “new case”.
Nine wants indemnity costs in surgeon Al Muderis’ failed defamation case
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Nine wants indemnity costs against celebrity surgeon Munjed Al Muderis, claiming his defamation case over reports critical of his promotion of an experimental procedure, which the court found were substantially true, was an abuse of process.
Law firm drops beauty parade appeal in Google ad tech class action
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A law firm that was set to argue that two firms formed an anti-competitive agreement in cooperating to run an ad tech class action against Google has dropped its appeal of its failed bid to run the representative case.
Meta says ACCC has ‘fundamental’ misunderstanding in scam ads case
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Facebook owner Meta has argued the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has “misallocated responsibility” in its three-year-old case over scam cryptocurrency ads on the social media platform.
More claims fly in Rebel Wilson’s fight with The Deb’s producers
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Rebel Wilson wants a court to shut down a cross-claim launched by a company linked to her film ‘The Deb’, the latest salvo in the director’s battle with the movie’s producers.
First Guardian CIO wants to sell Tucker, Gleeson paintings to pay lawyers
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The receiver for a Falcon Capital fund under investigation by ASIC wants a role in selling director Simon Selimaj’s valuable artwork, including a $70,000 Albert Tucker painting, which is allegedly needed to cover legal fees.
Former LK Law founder must pay $41M in suit over secret sale
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Adelaide lawyer Jason Karas must pay $41 million to his former business partner and law firm after he was found to have covertly negotiated to sell the firm’s Hong Kong-based entity while in the throes of ending the partnership.
Kennedys poaches Wotton Kearney lawyer for healthcare practice
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Kennedys has lured a lawyer away from Wotton Kearney to join the healthcare practice in its Brisbane office.
ABA does about-face on diversity and inclusion committee
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The peak body for barristers in Australia has reinstated its diversity and inclusion committee, after its chair posted on LinkedIn that the committee was being discontinued.
Lendlease sells stake in Docklands development to Japanese real estate firm
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Lendlease has sold a stake in a $500 million Melbourne build-to-rent development to Japanese real estate firm Tokyo Tatemono.