Regional Express has engaged Big Six firm Clayton Utz to investigate potential court action against rival airline Qantas for alleged anticompetitive conduct.
Generic drug maker Mayne Pharma Group has been hit with a shareholder class action over disclosures in relation to price-fixing allegations by US authorities.
A group of Uber drivers have brought legal action in the Federal Court to challenge the rideshare giant’s claim that they are independent contractors.
A judge and former Channel 7 journalist has disqualified herself from hearing a case against a bankrupt businessman after finding a “reasonable observer” might think she personally believed allegations levelled against him in a Today Tonight program.
A friend of Christian Porter’s accuser has lodged complaints with the NSW legal watchdog against silk Sue Chrysanthou and Porter’s solicitor, Rebekah Giles, for their conduct in representing the former Attorney-General in his defamation case against the ABC.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has secured declarations in its case against a Sargon Capital subsidiary, which partnered with a superfund promoter accused of misleading customers in marketing calls.
Forum Group director Bill Papas intends to return to Australia to face $400 million fraud allegations but doesn’t have the funds for a flight home, his lawyer told the Federal Court Wednesday.
Confidential portions of the ABC’s defence in the former Attorney-General Christian Porter’s defamation case can be disclosed to the South Australian State Coroner as part of his investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Porter’s alleged rape victim.
A judge has grudgingly agreed to allow a law firm to run an investor’s case against S&P Global over ratings on toxic financial products separately from a class action that makes the same claims, but was warned of the “costs consequences” of the parallel proceedings.
Two months after snagging one of Perth’s top energy litigators from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, global law firm Jones Day has lured another four lawyers from its US rival for the disputes team in Australia.