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Former Sydney Symphony CEO Emma Dunch has struck back at the orchestra's argument that she can't claim she was terminated for investigating claims of sexual harassment after telling the media she was the victim of a politically motivated "hit job" for seeking funding from the NSW government.
As it severs ties with specialist outfit Greenwoods, Herbert Smith Freehills has brought on three tax law experts as part of the firm's plans to beef up its commercial tax practice.
The High Court has declined to review an appeals court decision that overturned a $106 million judgment against a unit of Indian conglomerate Adani Group over access charges for its Abbot Point coal terminal.
A judge has granted a litigation funder for two franchisee class actions against 7-Eleven an interim payment to cover its costs ahead of a ruling on how much it can pocket from a $98 million settlement.
The federal government said Friday it would consider the implications of an appeals court's finding that the managed investment scheme structure was unsuited to class actions, a ruling it said was a victory for ordinary Australians and a vindication for Labor.
Salter Brothers has won its lawsuit against former Hendry Group CEO Emma Hendry alleging the firm was misled into investing millions of dollars into the investment firm in 2019.
The ruling by the Full Federal Court that funded class actions are not managed investment schemes marks the end of an ill-considered regime enacted by the Morrison government to rein in class actions, but the debate over regulation of litigation funders is not over yet.
In a significant victory for litigation funders, the Full Federal Court has found that funded class actions are not managed investment schemes subject to regulatory oversight, gutting the legal basis for reforms enacted by the Morrison government in 2020.
A victor remains to be crowned following a heated beauty parade between competing class actions against tech company Nuix, with two law firms facing criticism for their "cumbrous" consolidation proposal and a third firm copping flak for its "opaque" financials.
The ACCC has raised concerns that Canada-based Dye & Durham's proposed $2.9 billion acquisition of technology services provider Link could harm competition in the market for digital conveyancing services.