Three firms fighting for carriage of a $80 million class action against Star Entertainment say a group costs order would guard against âcosts blowoutsâ in the case and have urged a judge to ditch a no win, no fee proposal brought by fourth-to-file firm Shine Lawyers.
The law firm that secured a $25 million settlement in a class action against dairy co-op Fonterra is fighting to recoup $5.4 million in legal fees, asking the court to disregard parts of an expert report slashing its fees.
The legal industry is one of the most vulnerable to attack by ransomware, with over 200 attacks worldwide in three years, according to a recent report.
The NSW Supreme Court will welcome two prolific commercial silks to the bench, including a barrister known as an advocate for gender equality at the bar.
The judge overseeing a class action against Monsanto over its weed killer has rejected the agrochemical giant’s application to amend the common questions to be decided at a liability trial to account for its alternative defence.
A judge has expressed her concern over delays in a suite of cases filed against P&O Cruises by holidaymakers who were seriously injured in a fatal bus collision in Vanuatu in 2016.
The applicant in a class action against Blue Sky Alternative Investments and auditor EY has raised an âoften overlookedâ principle to challenge the separate legal representation of two of the companyâs directors, dodging applications for almost $15 million in security â for now.
The growing use of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT could shake up the landscape of intellectual property laws in Australia, and novel questions posed by the technology are likely to be answered in the courts before regulators step in, lawyers say.
Nine is battling to adduce evidence concerning the reputation of Euro Pacific CEO Peter Schiff, as it scrambles to minimise the damages it will owe after abandoning its substantive defences in defamation proceedings by the bank boss.
A judge overseeing a $192.5 million settlement in an oil spill class action against PTTEP Australia on behalf of Indonesian seaweed farmers has balked at the âvery largeâ costs sought by Maurice Blackburn for administering the deal, expressing concerns that class action costs are âgetting out of controlâ.