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Court slashes $450,000 judgment against HWL Ebsworth
Employment 2019-12-17 4:05 pm By Miklos Bolza

An appeals court has slashed a $450,000 judgment against law firm HWL Ebsworth to $127,000, after finding a former partner who sued the firm for unfair dismissal had not lost the opportunity to seek other employment.

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Pizzeys wins discovery bid for possible lawsuit against patent attorneys who jumped ship
Business of Law 2019-12-13 4:17 pm By Miklos Bolza

Boutique IP firm Pizzeys Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys has won its bid for preliminary discovery to pursue possible claims against two patent attorneys who left the firm to start their own competing business.

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‘Grossly negligent’ Atanaskovic Hartnell manager was offered job back, trial hears
Employment 2019-12-11 9:40 pm By Miklos Bolza

A former general manager who is suing law firm Atanaskovic Hartnell for alleged bullying and faces cross claims that she failed to satisfactorily perform her job was offered a part-time role with the firm after resigning, despite being “grossly negligent”, a court has heard.

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Ousted Piper Alderman partner to expand case against firm
Business of Law 2019-12-09 12:30 pm By Miklos Bolza

A former senior Piper Alderman partner who lodged a sex discrimination case against the firm and was forced off the partnership in June is broadening her case, a court has heard.

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Funder to earn up to $130M from Queensland floods class action
Class Actions 2019-12-02 4:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Funder IMF Bentham expects to bring in up to $130 million in income for backing the Queensland floods class action, after a judge ruled last week that the operator of two dams as well as the state government were responsible for the severity of the flooding that hit Southeast Queensland in 2011.

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Class actions get boost with contingency fees bill in Victoria
Class Actions 2019-11-28 10:48 pm By Christine Caulfield

Plaintiffs lawyers running class actions in Victoria will be free to charge contingency fees under new legislation introduced by the Labor government this week, a move that will see a boost in class actions brought in the state and has prompted calls for the Federal Government to follow suit.

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160-year-old IP boutique Watermark to hang up its hat
Business of Law 2019-11-21 10:52 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

IP boutique Griffith Hack will soon have around 80 practicing lawyers when it absorbs Australia’s oldest specialist intellectual property firm Watermark next year.

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HWL Ebsworth says it axed partner for lying about printouts
Business of Law 2019-11-21 9:36 pm By Miklos Bolza

HWL Ebsworth claims it was justified in firing a former partner for being dishonest about why he printed out confidential material, as the firm challenges a $450,000 unfair dismissal judgment.

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Part of K&L Gates’ employment team strikes out on its own
Business of Law 2019-11-18 4:30 am By Cat Fredenburgh

A sizeable group of employment lawyers from K&L Gates has parted ways with the US legal giant to set up its own specialist shop, shaking up the market for employment law services in Australia.

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IP firm pursues potential lawsuit against HWL Ebsworth
Business of Law 2019-11-13 10:34 pm By Miklos Bolza

A specialist IP law firm has launched preliminary discovery proceedings against HWL Ebsworth after one of its lawyers jumped ship.

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