Labor MP Emma Husar is suing publisher Buzzfeed for defamation over an article and two social media posts that claimed she exposed herself to an employee and bragged about her sexual relationships.
Australian law firm profits jumped 8.2 per cent in the past financial year amid heightened demand for legal services, according to a recent report, which predicts a battle for top talent is afoot.
Quinn Emanuel has hit global insurance broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson with a class action for allegedly charging local councils in NSW hundreds of millions of dollars in excessive premiums over the past nine years, and the firm says there may be more lawsuits on the horizon.
The director of property spruiker We Buy Houses has appealed a record $6 million for misleading property investors with claims they could learn to buy real estate for $1.
The judge overseeing a fraudulent concealment trial over Cargill’s $420 million purchase of the Joe White malt business has reaffirmed an earlier ruling allowing an in-house counsel at Glencore to access documents related to the possible sale of Cargill’s malting business.
The former managing director of Murray Goulburn will be hit with a $200,000 penalty for being knowingly concerned in false representations made by the dairy producer to farmers about the farmgate milk prices it would pay during the 2015-16 milk season.
Telecommunications provider TPG Internet is facing allegations from the ACCC that it violated the consumer law by charging customers a $20 “prepayment” to cover costs for services not included in their plans.
A judge overseeing the marathon hearing in the class action over the 2011 Queensland floods has allowed the lead applicant to submit further evidence after it claimed defendant Seqwater engaged in “trial by ambush”.
Five dairy processors have agreed to make changes to their supply contracts to address the ACCC’s concerns that certain terms were unfair to dairy farmers.
Visy Recycling and two other providers of recycling services have agreed to remove unfair terms from their standard form contracts, following an ACCC investigation into the waste management industry.