The Albanese government has thrown its support behind a proposal to establish a federal judicial commission that would address questionable conduct by judges.
As the FBI joins the hunt for the hackers behind last week’s massive data breach at Optus, a second law firm has launched an investigation into possible claims against the telecommunications giant.
Seizing on the opportunity afforded by a dynamic and growing area of the law, and wanting to pursue more public interest cases, three young stars of Slater & Gordon have left the firm they cut their teeth on to start their own class action firm.
The $16 billion WestConnex construction in Sydney that has allegedly damaged the properties of tens of thousands of home owners is the target of a new class action investigation.
A potentially stultifying order for $1.23 million in security for costs in a class action against the Hog’s Breath Cafe restaurant chain has survived a challenge by the franchisees.
A data breach compromising the records of up to 9.8 million Optus customers has been referred to the Australian Federal Police for what the agency said would be a “complex, criminal investigation”.
A Queensland lawyer who sold unlawful payday loans through a sham diamond trade has lost a battle to renew his practicing certificate, with an appeals court tossing as baseless his claim that he was the victim of autism discrimination.
White & Case has expanded its competition practice in Australia with the recruitment of a former Allen & Overy lawyer to the firm’s Sydney office.
Opal Tower structural engineer WSP has been ordered to produce all professional indemnity policies covering its work on the defective building in a lawsuit against insurers for builder Icon, despite arguing for the “commercial sensitivity” of the information.
The High Court will take up Meta’s challenge to the privacy commissioner’s case over the Cambridge Analytica data breach, giving the court the chance to rule on the jurisdictional reach of Australian regulators in their pursuit of US tech giants.