Law firm Hall & Wilcox has snagged a new partner from Norton Rose Fulbright to join its construction and project disputes team, as part of an ambitious national growth strategy.
An appeals court has upheld a ruling that Sydney law firm Bartier Perry failed to adequately advise a lawyer about his rights under a partnership agreement, but trimmed a $1.4 million damages award against the firm.
Australian law firm Gilbert + Tobin has advised fintech Afterpay on the largest public acquisition in Australian history under which US-based Square will acquire all of the company’s issued shares in a landmark $39 billion deal.
While employers cannot force employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine, law firms are launching campaigns to encourage staff to sign up for the jab.
A magistrate being investigated for sexual harassment by a first-of-its-kind judicial conduct panel has been suspended on advice from South Australia’s chief judge.
Law firms are ordering staff in their Sydney offices to work from home if possible and avoid face-to-face meetings as the state’s new rules requiring masks at all indoor workplaces takes effect.
The managing partner of HWL Ebsworth, who has been targeted in a lawsuit by a former equity partner over the law firm’s aborted IPO, is resisting efforts to be named as representative defendant in the case.
MinterEllison’s acting chief executive officer Virginia Briggs will officially take the reins of the law firm after temporarily replacing ousted CEO Annette Kimmitt.
A paralegal who claimed she was forced to take a 20 per cent pay cut during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic on the basis of misleading statements by her former law firm’s director has resolved her lawsuit against the firm.
Furniture retailer Nick Scali Ltd must respond to subpeonas served by law firm Sparke Helmore seeking files held by the company’s new firm, Allens, in a case over $500,000 in unpaid fees that alleges CEO Anthony Scali knowingly gave false instructions to his solicitors.