The NSW Law Society says law firms should consider equitable briefing and setting quotas to improve cultural diversity in the legal profession, saying more needs to be done to make the industry more inclusive.
Engineering services firm CIMIC Group has launched proceedings against ten insurers seeking indemnity for costs arising from allegations the company engaged in corrupt practices, including bribing government officials in Iraq.
A judge has rejected a request to discontinue a class action on behalf of investors in failed music streaming platform Guvera, saying it was âdifficult to understandâ why the applicants had launched the case as a class action in the first place.
Queensland crane company NQCranes has lost its bid to strike out the bulk of the ACCCâs amended case alleging it engaged in a conspiracy with a multinational rival to divide the Brisbane and Newcastle markets.
IVF provider Virtus Health would be âthe author of its own fateâ if its proposed acquisition of rival Adora Fertility flopped, a judge has said in hearing the ACCCâs bid for a temporary injunction blocking completion of the planned purchase.
The federal government has shot down a Labor push for the privileges committee to examine former Attorney-General Christian Porter after he refused to reveal information about an anonymous donor that covered a portion of his costs in defamation proceedings against the ABC.
A judge has adjourned trial in the defamation case by accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith to early 2022, saying relocation was not practical after COVID-19 restrictions prevented Fairfaxâs witnesses travelling to Sydney.
ACCC chair Rod Sims has spoken out about the move by IVF provider Virtus to complete its planned acquisition of rival Adora before clearance from the watchdog, saying the situation showed the need for merger review reform.
The High Court has thrown out sacked climate skeptic professor Peter Ridd’s appeal of his dismissal by James Cook University, finding protection of intellectual freedom is not a âgeneral freedom of speechâ.
A class action over a public housing lockdown during Melbourne’s second COVID-19 wave in July last year is seeking to discontinue battery and negligence claims against the Victorian government, a court has heard.