The former chief financial officer of Big Un has become the third person to be charged with insider trading connected to shares in the defunct video producer.
A declassing bid by nine doctors in a class action on behalf of women allegedly injured by a one-size-fits-all approach to breast implant surgeries must apply to the entire proceeding, not just the claims against them, a court has heard.
A law firm in regional New South Wales has been hit with a class action seeking to hold it liable for the alleged fraud of a former employee who was sentenced to a term of imprisonment for fraud offences in 2021.
Clifford Chance has added former Clayton Utz competition and consumer law partner Elizabeth Richmond to the firm’s global antitrust team in Sydney.
Restaurant chain Fogo Brazilia is facing a class action alleging it misled franchisees about the profitability of its businesses, with business owners also making claims against an employment law practice that drafted the franchise agreements.
Climate justice groups have launched a challenge to federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek’s decision to expand two proposed mega coal mines in NSW, arguing her refusal to accept the scientific evidence of climate risk was irrational and unlawful.
The parents of deceased fraudster Melissa Caddick will take $950,000 to move out of a multi-million dollar property in Sydney’s East, which will now be sold by receivers.
The director of a Sydney law firm has lost a bid to challenge a decision of the NSW Legal Services Commissioner, which slapped him with a caution for a failure to act courteously after he told a disgruntled client “don’t expect I’ll put up with crap” in a tense email exchange.
The ACCC has brought proceedings against a national flower retailer for allegedly adapting its websites and google ads to deceive online customers into believing they were a local florist.
A court will be asked to decide whether the secrecy provisions of NSW gaming legislation prohibits the state’s casino regulator from using material produced to the Bergin Inquiry in its case against Hong Kong-based Melco Resorts seeking to recover the expense of running the Bergin Inquiry.